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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region

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175 Degrees Awarded
$67,324 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the 132nd most popular major in the country with 6,013 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,639 and had an average of $22,526 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 385 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,852 and $26,319 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 175 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mechanical engineering technology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree me tech students.

Top 8 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Far Western US Region

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Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Art Center College of Design. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Pasadena, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Art Center College of Design

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University Maritime Academy. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region list. Vallejo, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at California State University Maritime Academy

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Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region. Central Washington University is a fairly large public school situated in Ellensburg, Washington. It awarded 30 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at CWU

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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #4 spot on the list. Pomona, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region. OIT is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Oregon Institute of Technology

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Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington

Eastern Washington University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. EWU is a public institution located in Cheney, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Eastern Washington University Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

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Wenatchee Valley College
Wenatchee, Washington

Wenatchee Valley College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. WVC is a public institution located in Wenatchee, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at WVC

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Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington

With a ranking of #8, Western Washington University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Far Western US Region list. Western Washington University is a fairly large school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 3 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Western Washington University

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