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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Wisconsin

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$28,243 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,926 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #32 most popular major in Wisconsin with 96 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. 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.

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 Wisconsin ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Wisconsin 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. 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 Schools in Wisconsin

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

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

$10,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best value school in Wisconsin for mechanical engineering students. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $10,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Wisconsin list.

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#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI
$45,766 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Wisconsin list. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Marquette are $45,766 per year.

Marquette also claimed a spot on our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Wisconsin list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Marquette University Report

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 592
Illinois 346
Ohio 395
Indiana 282

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 2 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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