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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Idaho, there were 367 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $24,258 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering programs and cost less that 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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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Idaho (With Aid)

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,854 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s ME degrees to qualified students.

U of I also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at U of I

#2

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 10 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Boise State University

#3

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

$26,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Idaho State University is a fairly large school located in Pocatello, Idaho that handed out 3 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ISU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ISU are $26,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at ISU

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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.

Credits

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

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