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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
198 Degrees Awarded
$13,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,813 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician, making the major the 186th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 784 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 198 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 85 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Charlotte is $12,223 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UNC Charlotte Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

#2

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairmont State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Fairmont State University is a small public school situated in Fairmont, West Virginia. It awarded 29 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairmont State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $8,114 for southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Fairmont State University.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at Fairmont State University

#3

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Kennesaw, Georgia, this large public school awarded 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for KSU Georgia is $14,910 for southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Kennesaw State University Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

#4

Bluefield State College

Bluefield, West Virginia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bluefield State College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bluefield State College is a small school located in Bluefield, West Virginia that handed out 6 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Bluefield State College also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Bluefield State College is $7,391 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at Bluefield State College

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,775 for southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UA Little Rock.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at UA Little Rock

#6

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

ECPI University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. ECPI University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 12 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $30-$48k list, ECPI University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $20,123 for southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend ECPI University.

Full ECPI University Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

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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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