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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 278 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 23 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician programs and 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree me tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and it awarded 17 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU Institute of Technology not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is $8,415 for southwest region associate degree me tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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