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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$34,327 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$103,564 Avg Salary

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

Mechanical Engineering is the #19 most popular major in Indiana with 1,336 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Indiana 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Indiana. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $9,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Purdue also took the #3 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana rankings.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

#2

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

Out of the 2 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Notre Dame are $58,662 per year.

Notre Dame did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at University of Notre Dame

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2,498
Ohio 2,106
Illinois 1,183
Wisconsin 855

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 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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