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

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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 Georgia, there were 1,448 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,425 and $23,956 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 272 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Georgia” ranking looked at 3 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.

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 Master’s in Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Georgia.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Georgia

#1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$87,377 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Georgia. Georgia Tech is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 226 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

#2

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$21,174 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kennesaw State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Georgia. This large school is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it awarded 14 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kennesaw State University are $21,174, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at KSU Georgia

#3

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$15,264 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Macon, Georgia, and it awarded 24 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

Mercer also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mercer University are $15,264, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Mercer 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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