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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Indiana
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You
Mechanical Engineering Technology is the #12 most popular major in Indiana with 516 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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.
The Best Value Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Indiana to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for me tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Mechanical Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in Indiana for mechanical engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,637 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Ivy Tech Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in Indiana rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.
Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $9,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Purdue also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #2.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Purdue University Fort Wayne helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering technology schools in Indiana. Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, PFW is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at PFW are $8,985 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, me tech majors at PFW accumulate an average of around $20,108 in student debt.
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Request InformationBest Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 302 |
Wisconsin | 29 |
Ohio | 683 |
Illinois | 141 |
Mechanical Engineering Technology Related Majors for ME Tech
One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, mechanical engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.
ME Tech Concentrations
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology | 3,490 |
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology | 1,074 |
Automotive Engineering Technology | 1,062 |
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies, Other | 473 |
Marine Engineering Technology | 106 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Industrial Production Technology | 11,288 |
Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 10,780 |
Environmental Control Technology | 9,376 |
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology | 8,822 |
Electronics Engineering Technology | 8,347 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.