2022 Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value ME Tech Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Massachusetts, there were 61 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Tech Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Springfield Technical Community College

Springfield, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$7,914 Average Net Price

$38,410 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Springfield Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s ME tech degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

STCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Schools in Massachusetts” list. It costs about $7,914 for Massachusetts ME Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend STCC.

Full Springfield Technical Community College Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

#2

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$13,321 Average Net Price

$37,367 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified ’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

BFIT also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. It costs about $13,321 for Massachusetts ME Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend BFIT.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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• Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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