2025 Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Oregon
4Colleges in Oregon
674ME Degrees Awarded
$76,023Avg Early-Career Salary
Mechanical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #21 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for mechanical engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 674 degrees in mechanical engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of mechanical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Mechanical Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Oregon list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of me degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat Oregon State University if you wish to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #238 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Oregon State is a great university overall.
There were about 391 mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the me program state that they receive average early career wages of $70,010.
It is difficult to beat Portland State University if you wish to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 137 mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the me program make an average of $76,877 in their early career salary.
University of Portland is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in mechanical engineering. University of Portland is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Portland. A Best Colleges rank of #297 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Portland is a great university overall.
There were approximately 54 mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Portland in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the me program earn about $76,909 for their early career.
Any student pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering has to check out Oregon Institute of Technology. Located in the town of Klamath Falls, OIT is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 8th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 65 mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at OIT in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, me degree recipients generally earn around $75,750 at the beginning of their careers.
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).
Your choice of mechanical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Mechanical Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
