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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$17,610 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,854 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology School for You

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the #137 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 188 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges.

Best Mechanical Engineering Technology School

$17,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Pennsylvania College of Technology to be the best value school for mechanical engineering technology students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Penn College is a small public school located in the city of Williamsport.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Penn College are $17,610 a year. While working on their degree, ME tech majors at Penn College accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $615, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 711
Maryland 2
New Jersey 146
District of Columbia 1
Delaware 9

Mechanical Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to ME Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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