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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$7,877 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,902 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 56 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a New Mexico college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Mexico 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Mexico

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico State University - Main Campus the best value school in New Mexico for mechanical engineering students. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

NMSU Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $7,301 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a great value for mechanical engineering students. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM are $7,906 per year.

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

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

$8,425 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the remote town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public college with a small student population.

New Mexico Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $8,425 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

New Mexico Tech also took the #1 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Mexico rankings.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 700
Arizona 167
Oklahoma 60

One of 39 majors within the area of study, mechanical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar 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 3 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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