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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$28,630 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,256 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 196 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Washington ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value programs for ME students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for ME majors pursuing a .

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

$12,076 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Washington - Seattle Campus the best value school in Washington for mechanical engineering students. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW Seattle are $12,076 per year.

UW Seattle also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Washington list, coming in at #4.

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#2

Seattle University

Seattle, WA
$49,335 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Seattle University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Washington list. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Seattle U are $49,335 per year.

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$12,417 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wazzu are $12,417 per year.

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$40,690 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Martin’s University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Lacey, Saint Martin's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Martin’s are $40,690 per year.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,202
Oregon 86
Nevada 20
Hawaii 15
Alaska 7

Mechanical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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