2022 Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Alaska (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in Alaska 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 Alaska, there were 80 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,400 and $19,082 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value ME Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value ME Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Alaska (With Aid)

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$10,333 Average Net Price

$40,388 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 in Alaska For Those Getting Aid. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 26 ’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Alaska” ranking. It costs about $10,333 for Alaska ME students with aid per year to attend UAF.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UAF

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

$49,683 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value ME Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 54 ’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our alaska me students with aid list, UAA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Alaska” ranking. It costs about $12,995 for alaska me students with aid per year to attend University of Alaska Anchorage.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UAA

• Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value 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.

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

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