2024 Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
22
Colleges in the Plains States Region
2,609
Bachelor's Degrees
General Mechanical Engineering is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #10 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 22 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,609 bachelor's degrees in general mechanical engineering to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Mechanical Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The general mechanical engineering bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general mechanical engineering students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general mechanical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general mechanical engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general mechanical engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Mechanical Engineering Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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