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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$4,802 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology School for You

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the #223 most popular major in Iowa with 5 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Iowa ranking.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. 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

$4,802 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Western Iowa Tech Community College to be the best value school for mechanical engineering technology students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Sioux City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,802 per year.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Western Iowa Tech Community College

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 30
Minnesota 26
Kansas 90
South Dakota 12

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

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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