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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in Maine

2 Colleges
$62,383 Avg Salary
$29,590 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #37 most popular major in Maine with 105 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maine to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for ME majors pursuing a .

#1

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maine the most popular school in Maine for mechanical engineering students. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that ME majors at UMaine take out is $27,000.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of Maine Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern Maine is a great place for mechanical engineering students. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

While working on their degree, ME majors at University of Southern Maine accumulate an average of around $32,180 in student debt.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,089
Connecticut 538
New Hampshire 125
Rhode Island 140
Vermont 132

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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