by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Arkansas” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Mechanical Engineering is the 21st most popular major in the country with 44,794 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $68,989 and had an average of $22,844 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arkansas, there were 280 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,195 and $23,568 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 270 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,634 and $22,457 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their mechanical engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas bachelor’s degree me students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Harding University landed the #1 spot on the list. Searcy, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s me degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Brown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Arkansas list. John Brown University is located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s me degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Arkansas. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s me degrees to 157 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Arkansas list. ATU is a medium-sized school located in Russellville, Arkansas that handed out 50 bachelors’s me degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Arkansas list. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s me degrees to 19 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Major in Arkansas list. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 17 bachelors’s me degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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