2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 ME Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 80 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,400 and $19,082 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree me students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 3 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alaska Fairbanks are $24,287, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UAF Mechanical Engineering Report

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

$24,496 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UAA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UAA Mechanical Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

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

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