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2023 Most Popular Online Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

2 Colleges
$67,644 Avg Salary
$25,449 Avg Student Debt

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mechanical engineering was ranked #32 in the country. In fact 9,007 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online ME programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri University of Science and Technology the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for mechanical engineering students. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent online programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.

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Explore the most popular online mechanical engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 142
Minnesota 105
Iowa 17
Kansas 31
Nebraska 19
North Dakota 16
South Dakota 11

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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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