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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,449 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$103,564 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor'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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Nevada to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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.

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Reno to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Nevada. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

UNR graduate students pay an average of $6,290 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNR is ranked #2 for overall quality for ME in Nevada.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNLV are $6,607 a year.

UNLV also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada list, coming in at #1.

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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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