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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Indiana (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
241 Degrees Awarded
$36,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master's in Indiana For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Mechanical Engineering is the 12th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Indiana, there were 1,384 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 241 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Indiana (With Aid)

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid. Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 121 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our indiana master’s degree general mechanical engineering students with aid list, Purdue has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Purdue University Northwest

Hammond, Indiana
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Northwest landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Hammond, Indiana, and it awarded 28 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue Northwest not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University Northwest are $11,633, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid. IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 80 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to qualified students.

IUPUI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Notre Dame is located in Notre Dame, Indiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to qualified students.

Notre Dame did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Notre Dame are $57,522.

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#5

Trine University

Angola, Indiana

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Trine University landed the #5 spot on the list. Angola, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Trine, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Trine University are $42,398, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid ranking. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small school located in Terre Haute, Indiana that handed out 2 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology are $50,379, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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