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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in California

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$49,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,707 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,659 and had an average of $22,928 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 273 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $32,295 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering technology 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 technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Art Center College of Design. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k. Art Center College of Design is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pasadena, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Art Center College of Design also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Art Center College of Design are $49,090.

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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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