2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

With 176 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #43 most popular major in District of Columbia.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which programs offered the best value experiences for ME students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

#1

George Washington University

Washington, DC

80 Degrees

#2 in Quality in District of Columbia

$57,984 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for mechanical engineering students. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year. The average amount in student loans that ME majors at GWU take out is $26,000.

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

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#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, DC

47 Degrees

#4 in Quality in District of Columbia

$52,156 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CUA are $52,156 a year. While working on their degree, ME majors at CUA accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

CUA also took the #4 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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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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