by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 290 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,664 and $25,302 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 206 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering technology. That schools that top this list have a program in mechanical engineering technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Metropolitan State University of Denver
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Montana State University is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at MSU Bozeman
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #3 spot on the list. Pueblo, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Colorado State University - Pueblo
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Mesa University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado Mesa University is a public institution located in Grand Junction, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Colorado Mesa University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #5 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a large school located in Rexburg, Idaho that handed out 41 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Brigham Young University - Idaho Mechanical Engineering Technology Report
With a ranking of #6, Weber State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at WSU
Utah State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Utah State University
Utah Valley University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. UVU is located in Orem, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
With a ranking of #9, Idaho State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Idaho State University
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