2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

With 6 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #88 most popular major in Arkansas.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 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 Arkansas ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Arkansas 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

4 Degrees

#3 in Quality in Arkansas

$9,574 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for mechanical engineering students. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UARK are $9,574 a year.

UARK did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Arkansas list.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of Arkansas Report

#2

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

2 Degrees

#8 in Quality in Arkansas

$7,900 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arkansas Tech University is a great value for mechanical engineering students. Located in the town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ATU are $7,900 per year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Arkansas Tech University Report

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

Majors Related to ME

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

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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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