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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Kansas, there were 489 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,367 and $24,280 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kansas” 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kansas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kansas

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Kansas

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kansas list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at KU

#2

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$15,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kansas list. This fairly large school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 23 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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