2023 Most Popular Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in Maryland

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 “Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Maryland” 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 Maryland, there were 2 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Maryland” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in mechanical engineering technology.

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Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Maryland”.

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in Maryland

1

Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, Maryland

#25 overall quality in Maryland

$42,699 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,874 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hagerstown Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Maryland. HCC is located in Hagerstown, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.

Full HCC Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

2

Prince George's Community College
Largo, Maryland

#18 overall quality in Maryland

$49,968 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,300 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Prince George’s Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Maryland. This fairly large school is located in Largo, Maryland, and it awarded 0 ’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Prince George’s Community College Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

2

Montgomery College
Rockville, Maryland

#7 overall quality in Maryland

$39,576 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,625 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montgomery College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Maryland. Montgomery College is located in Rockville, Maryland and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Montgomery College

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.