2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in West Virginia

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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia, there were 234 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,600 and $24,931 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The me school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia 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 West Virginia

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s ME degrees to qualified students.

WVU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at WVU

#2

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Marshall University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162.

Full Marshall University Mechanical Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast 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.

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

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