2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Rhode Island

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 Rhode Island” 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 Rhode Island, there were 149 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,900 and $25,675 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 129 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Rhode Island

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$20,607 Average Net Price

$67,265 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Rhode Island is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 101 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

URI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree ME students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Rhode Island Mechanical Engineering Report

#2

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$36,456 Average Net Price

$63,666 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island list. This small school is located in Bristol, Rhode Island, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

RWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for RWU is $36,456 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree ME students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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