2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Utah

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in Utah” 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 Utah, there were 674 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,225 and $13,998 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Utah” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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 Doctorate in Utah

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Utah.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Utah

#1

Brigham Young University - Provo

Provo, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$7,510 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Utah list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s ME degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

BYU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at BYU are $7,510.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University - Provo

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Utah list. U of U is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Utah Mechanical Engineering Report

#3

Utah State University

Logan, Utah

#3 in overall quality

$22,598 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Utah. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 2 doctorate’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

USU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utah State University are $22,598, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Utah State University

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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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