2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Southeast region, there were 46 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,400 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$23,808 Average Net Price

$65,320 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering mechanics students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Mechanics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $23,808 for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering mechanics students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Virginia Tech.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $75-$110k)

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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