Mechanical Engineering is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #17 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of mechanical engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 447 bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Mechanical Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of mechanical engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on mechanical engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of mechanical engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for mechanical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mechanical engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for mechanical engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Mechanical Engineering in Oregon
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for mechanical engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Oregon State University is a wonderful option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the me program report average early career earnings of $68,686.
It is hard to beat Portland State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the me program report average early career income of $73,079.
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering has to take a look at University of Portland. University of Portland is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Portland.
Those mechanical engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Portland receive $4,287 more than the standard me student.
Oregon Institute of Technology is a great decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the remote town of Klamath Falls, OIT is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from Oregon Institute of Technology get an earnings boost of around $3,128 above the average earnings of mechanical engineering graduates.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).