2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

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 General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Mechanical Engineering is the 12th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Mexico, there were 327 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 261 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,595 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico. Located in Socorro, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 77 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. It costs about $14,595 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree General Mechanical Engineering students per year to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full New Mexico Tech General Mechanical Engineering Report

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 109 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $8,659 for new mexico bachelor’s degree general mechanical engineering students per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

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

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees to 75 students in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree General Mechanical Engineering students.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at UNM

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

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