2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Oregon (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Oregon, there were 615 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,875 and $23,633 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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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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 Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree me students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$78,074 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland State University is a large public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 20 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Portland State University

#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$86,867 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid list. Oregon State University is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 48 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Oregon State Mechanical Engineering Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (With Aid)

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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