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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Mechanics

10 Ranked Colleges
77 Degrees Awarded
$36,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering Mechanics is the 707th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 general engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering mechanics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering mechanics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering mechanics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s.

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Mechanics

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 44 degrees to qualified masters’s general engineering mechanics students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Full Iowa State University General Engineering Mechanics Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s general engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison General Engineering Mechanics Report

#9 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s general engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin also made our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886.

Full The University of Texas at Austin General Engineering Mechanics Report

#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general engineering mechanics degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Virginia Tech General Engineering Mechanics Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #5 spot on the list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 6 masters’s general engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8 in overall quality

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s ranking. Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s general engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.

Georgia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering Mechanics at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

#7

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#10 in overall quality

Pennsylvania State University - University Park ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s list.

In addition to being on our master’s degree general engineering mechanics students list, Penn State University Park has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Penn State University Park are $38,728.

Read more about General Engineering Mechanics at Pennsylvania State University - University Park

#8

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general engineering mechanics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326.

Read more about General Engineering Mechanics at Carnegie Mellon University

#9

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California
#4 in overall quality

California Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s ranking. Located in Pasadena, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s general engineering mechanics students in 2019-2020.

Caltech also made our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Caltech are $56,649, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Northwestern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #10. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general engineering mechanics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree general engineering mechanics students list, Northwestern has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northwestern General Engineering Mechanics 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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