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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Missouri

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$23,280 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,101 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #43 most popular major in Missouri with 142 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. 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 Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri

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

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

$11,475 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best value school in Missouri for mechanical engineering students. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $11,475 per year.

Mizzou did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Missouri list.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

$11,509 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Missouri list. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $11,509 a year.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #2.

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$11,271 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Missouri list. UMKC is a large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMKC are $11,271 a year.

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$58,866 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Washington University in St Louis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in Missouri. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

WUSTL undergraduate students pay an average of $58,866 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WUSTL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Missouri list.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis Report

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 105
Iowa 17
Kansas 31
Nebraska 19
North Dakota 16
South Dakota 11

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 4 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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