2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in the Plains States Region

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Engineering Mechanics is the 308th most popular major in the country with 272 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $64,399 and had an average of $24,558 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 95 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering mechanics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular engineering mechanics programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in the Plains States Region

1

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering Mechanics at Iowa State University

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Engineering Mechanics at UNL

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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.

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