2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Maine, there were 111 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,000 and $26,230 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 101 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree me students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$9,295 Average Net Price

$62,154 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $9,295 for maine bachelor’s degree me students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$14,458 Average Net Price

$64,558 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 85 bachelors’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $14,458 for maine bachelor’s degree me students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at UMaine

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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