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2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
467 Degrees Awarded
$17,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor's in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 477 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,400 and $23,219 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 467 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,417 and $24,684 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Louisiana

#1

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ruston, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 78 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ME students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana Tech is $14,574 for Louisiana Bachelor’s Degree ME students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Lafayette, Louisiana, and it awarded 132 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UL Lafayette also took the #3 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $15,202 for Louisiana Bachelor’s Degree ME students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UL Lafayette.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

#3

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, Louisiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, McNeese State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lake Charles, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

McNeese also took the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. The yearly cost to attend McNeese State University is $17,343 for louisiana bachelor’s degree me students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#4

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Orleans. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k. University of New Orleans is a medium-sized school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 60 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNO, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Orleans is $14,467 for louisiana bachelor’s degree me students whose families make $75-$110k.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k list. Louisiana State University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 163 bachelors’s ME degrees to qualified students.

Louisiana State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University is $20,965 for louisiana bachelor’s degree me students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#6

Southern University and A & M College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Southern University and A & M College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

Southern University and A & M College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. It costs about $19,994 for Louisiana Bachelor’s Degree ME students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Southern University and A & M College.

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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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