2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Mississippi (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Mississippi, there were 295 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,800 and $22,738 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 271 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,851 and $25,430 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Mississippi For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$14,016 Average Net Price

$63,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. University of Mississippi is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 79 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. The yearly cost to attend Ole Miss is $14,016 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree ME students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at Ole Miss

#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$16,173 Average Net Price

$68,754 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 192 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ME students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State University is $16,173 for mississippi bachelor’s degree me students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (With Aid)

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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