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Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 113 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
41 Fairfield University CT $71,850 $96,791 $83,947
42 Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina SC $71,265 $96,791 $101,671
43 University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth MA $71,512 $96,680 $126,638 $65,236
44 University of Iowa IA $73,447 $96,556 $120,219 $108,247
45 State University of New York at Stony Brook NY $66,814 $96,517 $121,630 $73,119
46 University of Missouri - Kansas City MO $71,868 $96,404 $112,107 $108,076
47 City College of New York - CUNY NY $69,542 $96,052 $123,087 $72,767
48 West Texas A&M University TX $74,818 $95,880 $116,180 $104,104
49 Iowa State University of Science & Technology IA $74,692 $95,783 $122,964 $107,380
50 University of Texas at El Paso TX $64,614 $95,610 $117,896 $103,811
51 Purdue University Northwest IN $71,628 $95,590 $112,375 $105,741
52 University of Alabama in Huntsville AL $70,915 $95,359 $118,764 $108,117
53 University of Utah UT $73,932 $95,335 $119,804 $92,111
54 Northern Arizona University AZ $69,522 $95,275 $123,576 $89,460
55 Missouri University of Science and Technology MO $75,148 $95,167 $117,510 $106,689
56 West Virginia University WV $71,441 $95,080 $116,108 $106,592
57 University of Colorado Denver CO $70,893 $95,004 $113,905 $90,394
58 University of Georgia GA $72,391 $94,903 $104,865
59 University of Hartford CT $75,881 $94,869 $116,662 $82,280
60 Colorado State University CO $71,572 $94,865 $118,614 $90,262

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.