2023 Most Well Attended ME Major in North Dakota for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended ME Major in North Dakota for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 North Dakota, there were 291 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,195 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,776 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended ME Major in North Dakota for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended ME Major in North Dakota for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended ME Major in North Dakota for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in North Dakota

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended ME Major in North Dakota for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 8 masters’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of North Dakota Mechanical Engineering Report

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended ME Major in North Dakota for a Master’s. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s ME students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.