2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Idaho

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 Master’s in Idaho” 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 Idaho, there were 367 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general mechanical engineering programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Idaho

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Idaho

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Idaho. University of Idaho is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at U of I

#2

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Idaho. Located in Boise, Idaho, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s general mechanical engineering students in 2019-2020.

Boise State also made our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at Boise State

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

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