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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Mississippi, there were 295 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,800 and $22,738 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 271 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,851 and $25,430 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi

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

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

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$16,173 Average Net Price

$68,754 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi list. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 192 bachelors’s ME degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State is $16,173 for mississippi bachelor’s degree me students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University

#2

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$14,016 Average Net Price

$63,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mississippi. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 79 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME students in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Mississippi is $14,016 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree ME students.

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

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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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