2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Arkansas (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Arkansas, there were 263 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,600 and $22,615 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas master’s degree me students with aid.

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

#1

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$12,087 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Russellville, Arkansas, and it awarded 3 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

ATU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arkansas Tech University are $12,087.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at ATU

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UARK also took the #0 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UARK

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

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

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