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2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$5,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 257 people earned their degree in engineering mechanics, making the major the 298th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,400 and had an average of $25,750 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 4 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering mechanics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering mechanics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Pasadena, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s engineering mechanics degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Caltech also made our “Best Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $5,456 for Far Western US Region Engineering Mechanics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Caltech.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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