2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in District of Columbia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 188 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,500 and $26,035 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 128 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree me students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$41,289 Average Net Price

$38,289 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Howard University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s ME degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Howard University is $41,289 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree me students.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at Howard

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$34,230 Average Net Price

$63,749 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 39 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME students in 2019-2020.

CUA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The estimated yearly cost for CUA is $34,230 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree me students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Catholic University of America Mechanical Engineering Report

#3

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$33,719 Average Net Price

$61,064 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend GWU is $33,719 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree ME students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at GWU

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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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