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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,246 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,592 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, mechanical engineering technology was ranked 9th in West Virginia. In fact, 122 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for me tech 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Mechanical Engineering

Our analysis found BridgeValley Community & Technical College to be the best value school for mechanical engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in West Virginia. BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of South Charleston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BridgeValley Community & Technical College are $5,132 a year.

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Out of the 2 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at American Military University are $7,360 a year.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at American Public University System

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 46
Georgia 67
Arkansas 36
Florida 297
North Carolina 406
Louisiana 80
Virginia 214
Alabama 70
Tennessee 26
Mississippi 0

Mechanical Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

ME Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
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

Majors Similar to ME Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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