Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$26,344 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,436 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 140 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #40 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value programs for ME students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for mechanical engineering students. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year. ME majors at URI take out an average of $25,000 in student loans while working on their egree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $322, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Read More…

$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Rhode Island list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RWU are $37,355 per year. ME majors at RWU take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

RWU also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Roger Williams University

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,089
Connecticut 538
New Hampshire 125
Maine 105
Vermont 132

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

Majors Similar to ME

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.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.