by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,013 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering technology, making the major the 132nd most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 246 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,033 and $21,977 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mechanical engineering technology.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The me tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Plains States Region”.
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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 Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McPherson College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Plains States Region. McPherson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in McPherson, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full McPherson College Mechanical Engineering Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Plains States Region. Pittsburg State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Pittsburg, Kansas. It awarded 51 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Pittsburg State University Mechanical Engineering Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Plains States Region. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 25 bachelors’s ME tech degrees 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 Minnesota State Mankato
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Warrensburg, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Central Missouri Mechanical Engineering Technology Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Missouri State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Cape Girardeau, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Southeast Missouri State University
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