2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You
With 500 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #30 most popular major in Pennsylvania.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Pennsylvania 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.
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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania
Check out the ME programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Mechanical Engineering Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Villanova University the best value school in Pennsylvania for mechanical engineering students. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.
Villanova undergraduate students pay an average of $59,020 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Villanova also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #5.
The excellent programs at Lehigh University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lehigh are $57,470 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Lehigh also did well on our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pitt are $20,362 a year.
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The excellent programs at Temple University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Temple are $17,378 per year.
The excellent programs at Gannon University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the small city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Gannon are $35,541 a year.
University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for mechanical engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
UPenn undergraduate students pay an average of $61,710 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UPenn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Widener University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for mechanical engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Chester, Widener is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Widener are $49,706 a year.
Wilkes University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for mechanical engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wilkes are $39,914 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Wilkes is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for mechanical engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Carnegie Mellon undergraduate students pay an average of $58,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Carnegie Mellon is ranked #1 for overall quality for ME in Pennsylvania.
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Drexel University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Drexel undergraduate students pay an average of $57,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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 |
| Maryland | 213 |
| New Jersey | 219 |
| District of Columbia | 55 |
| Delaware | 21 |
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Majors Related to ME
Mechanical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to ME
| 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 10 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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