2023 Most Focused Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Maine

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In 2021-2022, 44,794 people earned their degree in general mechanical engineering, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 150 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general mechanical engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general mechanical engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine general mechanical engineering students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Maine

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

#6 overall quality in Maine

$40,242 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,255 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Maine list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 126 ’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMaine General Mechanical Engineering Report

2

University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine

#9 overall quality in Maine

$42,906 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,391 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified ’s general mechanical engineering students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Southern Maine General Mechanical Engineering Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.