2024 Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Idaho

Ranked #29 in popularity, mechanical engineering is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Idaho to determine which ones were the best for mechanical engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 master's degrees in mechanical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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 master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to mechanical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other mechanical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt mechanical engineering students go into to obtain their master'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 master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master's Degree Schools in Idaho list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Mechanical Engineering in Idaho

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in mechanical engineering.

Top Idaho Schools for a Master's in ME

1

University of Idaho
Moscow, ID

19 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Idaho if you want to pursue a master's degree in mechanical engineering. U of I is a fairly large public university located in the town of Moscow.More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from University of Idaho

2

Boise State University
Boise, ID

10 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Boise State University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from Boise State University

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	161
Utah	164	96
Montana	90	7
Wyoming	53	10

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Rankings in Majors Related to ME

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

ME Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Mechanical Engineering	30

Most Popular Majors Related to ME

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Civil Engineering	21
Electrical Engineering	21
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	9
Nuclear Engineering	8
Chemical Engineering	6
Materials Engineering	6
Other Engineering	5
Systems Engineering	2
Biological Engineering	2
Computer Engineering	1

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.