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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$55,070 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,717 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 55 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #63 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia

Check out the ME programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GWU is ranked #2 for overall quality for ME in District of Columbia.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at George Washington University

The excellent programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

CUA undergraduate students pay an average of $52,156 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CUA also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #4.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 785
Pennsylvania 500
Maryland 213
New Jersey 219
Delaware 21

More Mechanical Engineering Rankings in District of Columbia

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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