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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Texas

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$3,882 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,592 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, 203 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering technology students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #27 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

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 Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree School

#1

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Lee College the best value school in Texas for mechanical engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Baytown, Lee College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lee College are $3,882 per year.

Lee College also took the #4 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in Texas rankings.

Full Mechanical Engineering Technology at Lee College Report

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3
Oklahoma 110
New Mexico 7

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

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 values are for the top school 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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