by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 46,178 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering, making the major the 21st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $69,007 and had an average of $23,944 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,429 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,781 and $23,591 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their mechanical engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Snow College landed the #1 spot on the list. Snow College is located in Ephraim, Utah and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 associates’s ME degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salt Lake Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Salt Lake Community College is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Salt Lake Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Twin Falls, Idaho, and it awarded 1 associates’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at College of Southern Idaho
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ME degrees to 165 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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