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Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Nebraska

2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Nebraska

1 College
$63,572 Avg Salary
$25,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

With 151 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #47 most popular major in Nebraska.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Mechanical Engineering Schools in Nebraska ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Nebraska to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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Check out the ME programs at this school if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Best Mechanical Engineering School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the best school in Nebraska for mechanical engineering students. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

While working on their degree, ME majors at UNL accumulate an average of around $25,000 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $259, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 725
Minnesota 582
Kansas 445
Iowa 612
North Dakota 291
South Dakota 144

One of 40 majors within the area of study, mechanical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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