2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Alabama

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Alabama, there were 1,073 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,886 and $26,680 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree me students.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Alabama

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alabama. Auburn is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 39 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at Auburn

#2

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#3 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 23 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UAB

#3

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 30 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at The University of Alabama

#4

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

#4 in overall quality

$16,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #4 spot on the list. Mobile, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USA, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of South Alabama Mechanical Engineering Report

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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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