by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended ME Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking.
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 New Mexico, there were 280 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,902 and $20,272 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended ME Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in mechanical engineering.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended ME Major in New Mexico for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended ME Major in New Mexico for a Master’s. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 27 masters’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Mechanical Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended ME Major in New Mexico for a Master’s. This small school is located in Socorro, New Mexico, and it awarded 16 masters’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Mechanical Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended ME Major in New Mexico for a Master’s. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at NMSU Main Campus
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