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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

36 Colleges
$71,682 Avg Salary
$21,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #32 most popular major in the country with 9,007 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for ME majors pursuing a .

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the most popular school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - San Diego is a great place for mechanical engineering students. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mechanical engineering students. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mechanical engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

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#8

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

With a ranking of #8, Oregon State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mechanical engineering students. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

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San Jose State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

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Washington State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mechanical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,202
Washington 196
Oregon 86
Nevada 20
Hawaii 15
Alaska 7

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

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 25 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.

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