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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$27,148 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$103,564 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #43 most popular major in Missouri with 142 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Missouri to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for ME students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best value school in Missouri for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $11,255 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $11,902 a year.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also took the #3 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri rankings.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Washington University in St Louis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in Missouri. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WUSTL is ranked #1 for overall quality for ME in Missouri.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 105
Iowa 17
Kansas 31
Nebraska 19
North Dakota 16
South Dakota 11

One of 39 majors within the area of study, mechanical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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