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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in Kansas For Those Getting Aid” 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 Kansas, there were 489 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,367 and $24,280 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Kansas (With Aid)

#1

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$15,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Getting Aid list. Wichita State University is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 masters’s ME degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our kansas master’s degree me students with aid list, WSU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 4 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 8 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in the Plains States 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.

Credits

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

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