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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$21,653 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,866 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

With 282 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #31 most popular major in Indiana.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Indiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Indiana to see which 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. 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 Indiana

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

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN
$9,992 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Indiana. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $9,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Purdue also took the #2 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Indiana rankings.

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$7,734 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Northwest landed the # 2 spot on the list. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

Purdue Northwest undergraduate students pay an average of $7,734 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University Northwest Report

$10,044 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Indiana list. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at IUPUI are $10,044 a year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

#4

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN
$58,843 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Notre Dame helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in Indiana. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.

Notre Dame undergraduate students pay an average of $58,843 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Notre Dame also took the #1 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Indiana rankings.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at University of Notre Dame

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 592
Illinois 346
Ohio 395
Wisconsin 96

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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