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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$7,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology is the 186th most popular major in the country with 3,813 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 143 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ME tech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region associate degree me tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, Portland Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Portland Community College is $7,669 for far western us region associate degree me tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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