2024 Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Mechanical Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #17 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of mechanical engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 83 doctor's degrees in mechanical engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on mechanical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other mechanical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt mechanical engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mechanical engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Mechanical Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Mechanical Engineering in Indiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering.

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in ME

1

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

14 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Notre Dame if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from University of Notre Dame

2

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

69 Annual Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	70
Michigan	149	83
Ohio	144	54
Wisconsin	108	24

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Mechanical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Mechanical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

ME Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Mechanical Engineering	83

Most Popular Majors Related to ME

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	96
Civil Engineering	54
Materials Engineering	41
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	37
Biomedical Engineering	24
Industrial Engineering	24
Chemical Engineering	19
Computer Engineering	19
Agricultural Engineering	16
Other Engineering	12

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve. More about our data sources and methodologies.