The main focus area for this major is Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Mechanical Engineering Technology is a major offered under the engineering technologies program of study at Buffalo State. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in ME tech, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Buffalo State was ranked #47 on College Factual's Best Schools for ME tech list. It is also ranked #6 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Buffalo State.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Buffalo State paid an average of $708 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $295 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,070 | $16,980 |
Fees | $1,358 | $1,358 |
Books and Supplies | $1,038 | $1,038 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,706 | $13,706 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,750 | $2,750 |
Learn more about Buffalo State tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. ME Tech students who received their bachelor’s degree at Buffalo State took out an average of $27,816 in student loans. That is 8% higher than the national average of $25,707.
ME tech who receive their bachelor’s degree from Buffalo State make an average of $63,005 a year during the early days of their career. That is 13% higher than the national average of $55,560.
Online degrees for the Buffalo State ME tech bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Buffalo State Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in ME tech in 2019-2020, 10.3% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 9.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 23.1% of the ME tech bachelor’s degrees at Buffalo State in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 26%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 29 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Mechanical Engineering Technology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology | 39 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mechanical engineering technology.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Electronics Engineering Technology | 8 |
Industrial Production Technology | 21 |
Energy Systems Technologies | 15 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.