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2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
531 Degrees Awarded
$18,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid

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 General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in general mechanical engineering, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States.

Across Oklahoma, there were 599 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 531 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general mechanical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general mechanical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Oklahoma (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 254 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $14,648 for oklahoma bachelor’s degree general mechanical engineering students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 29 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend UCO is $16,562 for oklahoma bachelor’s degree general mechanical engineering students with aid.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees to 150 students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for oklahoma bachelor’s degree general mechanical engineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#4

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Tulsa. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid list. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 73 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Tulsa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Tulsa is $20,936 for Oklahoma Bachelor’s Degree General Mechanical Engineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at University of Tulsa

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Christian University landed the #5 spot on the list. Oklahoma Christian University is a small school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 25 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” ranking. It costs about $21,347 for Oklahoma Bachelor’s Degree General Mechanical Engineering students with aid per year to attend OC.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at OC

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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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