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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$6,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 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.

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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

OSU Institute of Technology also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OSU Institute of Technology is $6,500 for Southwest Region Associate Degree ME Tech students with aid.

Full Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology 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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