by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended ME Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Mechanical Engineering is the 21st most popular major in the country with 46,178 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Idaho, there were 337 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,964 and $24,465 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 296 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,020 and $24,050 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended ME Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular mechanical engineering programs in the United States.
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The me school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended ME Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended ME Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended ME Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 108 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended ME Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Boise, Idaho, this large public school awarded 80 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 full report on Mechanical Engineering at Boise State University
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended ME Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 72 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended ME Major in Idaho for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.
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