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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota

6 Ranked Colleges
477 Degrees Awarded
$64,869 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota” 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 Minnesota, there were 582 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,341 and $26,862 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 477 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,071 and $28,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in mechanical engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota bachelor’s degree me students.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Minnesota

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota list. This medium-sized school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 113 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at UMN Duluth

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University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ME degrees to 93 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UST MN

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 200 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UMN Twin Cities

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Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at St. Cloud State University

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Dunwoody College of Technology
Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dunwoody College of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota list. Dunwoody College of Technology is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s ME degrees to qualified students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Dunwoody College of Technology

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Minnesota State University - Mankato ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Minnesota list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 31 bachelors’s ME degrees 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%.

Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Mechanical Engineering Report

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