2023 Most Well Attended General Mechanical Engineering Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s

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In 2020-2021, 46,178 people earned their degree in general mechanical engineering, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 280 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 224 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended General Mechanical Engineering Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general mechanical engineering programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended General Mechanical Engineering Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General Mechanical Engineering Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in New Mexico

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended General Mechanical Engineering Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 100 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at NMSU Main Campus

2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended General Mechanical Engineering Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s. 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 77 students in 2020-2021.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus General Mechanical Engineering Report

3

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, New Mexico

#3 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended General Mechanical Engineering Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Socorro, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico Tech

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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.

Credits

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