2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Engineering Mechanics is the 298th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,400 and had an average of $25,750 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 46 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,400 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering mechanics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering mechanics 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 engineering mechanics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering mechanics degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia Tech, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Engineering Mechanics Report

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering mechanics students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $30-$48k)

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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