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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (With Aid)

9 Ranked Colleges
77 Degrees Awarded
$36,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master's For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Mechanics is the 298th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

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

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in engineering mechanics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering mechanics programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 6 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UIUC Engineering Mechanics Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 44 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree engineering mechanics students with aid list, Iowa State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Iowa State Engineering Mechanics Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering mechanics degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering mechanics students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree engineering mechanics students with aid list, Georgia Tech has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Virginia Tech did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 6 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #6 spot in our “Best 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 Virginia Tech are $30,547.

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#7

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California
#4 in overall quality

California Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Pasadena, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering mechanics students in 2019-2020.

Caltech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Caltech are $56,649, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Caltech Engineering Mechanics Report

#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Northwestern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #2 spot in our “Best 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 Northwestern University are $56,567.

Full Northwestern University Engineering Mechanics Report

#9

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree engineering mechanics students with aid list, Carnegie Mellon has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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