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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,737 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,776 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 270 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #18 most popular major in Nevada.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Nevada to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for ME students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nevada

Check out the ME bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nevada - Reno the best value school in Nevada for mechanical engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

UNR undergraduate students pay an average of $8,737 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, ME graduates from UNR take out $22,652 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $390, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNR is ranked #1 for overall quality for ME in Nevada.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nevada list. UNLV is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNLV are $8,737 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, ME majors at UNLV accumulate an average of around $23,392 in student debt.

UNLV also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nevada list, coming in at #4.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 5,137
Washington 1,078
Oregon 646
Hawaii 90
Alaska 66

Mechanical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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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