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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

5 Ranked Colleges
136 Degrees Awarded
$16,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,707 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering technology, making the major the 126th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,659 and had an average of $22,928 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 432 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,733 and $17,496 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 136 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanical engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region

#1

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Pittsburg State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Pittsburg, Kansas. It awarded 54 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt State also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Pitt State is $14,436 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Pitt State

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a public institution located in Mankato, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,221 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students per year to attend Minnesota State Mankato.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#3

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Southeast Missouri State University is a fairly large school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri that handed out 2 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeast Missouri State University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Missouri State University is $12,774 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Southeast Missouri State University

#4

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #4 spot on the list. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

UCM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UCM is $13,677 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

Full UCM Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

#5

McPherson College

McPherson, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McPherson College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Located in McPherson, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at McPherson College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $23,667 for plains states region bachelor’s degree me tech students per year to attend McPherson College.

Full McPherson College Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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