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Most Popular Schools for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician Degree Program & Major

A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in the design and development phases of a wide variety of projects involving mechanical systems. Includes instruction in principles of mechanics, applications to specific engineering systems, design testing procedures, prototype and operational testing and inspection procedures, manufacturing system-testing procedures, test equipment operation and maintenance, and report preparation.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Purdue University-Main Campus 210 2% $22,822
2 Wake Technical Community College 190 2% $4,268
3 CUNY New York City College of Technology 129 4% $8,484
4 University of Houston 109 1% $23,225
5 Ferris State University 104 3% $23,194
6 Los Angeles Trade Technical College 94 5% $3,137
7 Rochester Institute of Technology 88 2% $57,401
8 Lakeland Community College 80 5% $5,063
9 University of Akron Main Campus 79 2% $27,279
10 Farmingdale State College 73 4% $24,744
11 New England Institute of Technology 68 6% $47,792
12 University of Toledo 65 2% $28,423
13 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 61 1% $24,105
14 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus 61 2% $7,520
15 SUNY College of Technology at Alfred 58 5% $25,422
16 College of the Sequoias 58 2% $3,307
17 Purdue University Fort Wayne 55 3% $22,200
18 Wayne Community College 54 4% $4,084
19 Los Medanos College 54 2% $3,230
20 Kennesaw State University 53 1% $25,773
21 Montana State University 52 2% $22,453
22 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 50 1% $23,694
23 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College 50 5% $33,396
24 Weber State University 49 1% $20,511
25 Beaufort County Community College 47 8% $4,448
26 SUNY Polytechnic Institute 47 7% $24,360
27 University of Maine 41 2% $25,088
28 County College of Morris 41 3% $6,320
29 Fairmont State University 40 5% $19,518
30 Purdue University Northwest 40 2% $22,871
31 Ivy Tech Community College 39 0% $5,788
32 Central Michigan University 37 1% $24,889
33 Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute 36 5% $3,722
34 Catawba Valley Community College 36 2% $4,197
35 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 35 1% $28,891
36 Pittsburg State University 34 2% $19,902
37 Michigan Technological University 34 2% $29,969
38 University of North Texas 34 0% $24,712
39 Metropolitan State University of Denver 33 1% $9,066
40 SUNY Buffalo State 33 1% $25,846
41 Springfield Technical Community College 31 3% $6,288
42 NHTI-Concord's Community College 30 4% $21,792
43 Pennsylvania College of Technology 30 2% $33,152
44 Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Guayama 30 20% $3,125
45 University of Puerto Rico-Carolina 30 5% $9,373
46 Pitt Community College 29 1% $3,530
47 University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown 29 6% $28,694
48 Eastern Michigan University 29 1% $26,196
49 University of Arkansas at Little Rock 29 1% $24,073
50 Youngstown State University 28 1% $22,851
51 ECPI University 26 1% $16,819
52 Triton College 26 2% $5,610
53 Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology 26 9% $48,460
54 Central Washington University 25 1% $23,201
55 Cape Fear Community College 24 1% $4,348
56 Delaware Technical Community College-Terry 24 1% $6,504
57 Cincinnati State Technical and Community College 24 2% $5,890
58 Moraine Valley Community College 24 1% $5,796
59 Point Park University 23 2% $46,090
60 Tarleton State University 23 1% $21,795
61 Central Connecticut State University 22 1% $25,869
62 Colorado Mesa University 22 1% $24,142
63 University of New Hampshire at Manchester 21 10% $30,136
64 Oregon Institute of Technology 21 3% $24,252
65 Sinclair Community College 21 0% $3,830
66 Sacramento City College 21 1% $2,958
67 Midlands Technical College 20 1% $6,150
68 Vermont Technical College 20 3% $28,356
69 Onondaga Community College 20 2% $17,310
70 CUNY Queensborough Community College 19 1% $6,574
71 York Technical College 19 2% $6,617
72 Bluefield State College 19 6% $9,056
73 Central Piedmont Community College 18 0% $4,429
74 Monroe Community College 18 1% $18,016
75 Middlesex County College 18 1% $4,926
76 Columbus State Community College 17 0% $5,813
77 Northwestern University 17 0% $74,649
78 Hudson Valley Community College 16 1% $7,312
79 Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology 16 9% $40,850
80 Eastern Washington University 15 1% $23,011
81 Cuyahoga Community College District 15 0% $5,136
82 Wayne State University 14 0% $27,157
83 Mitchell Community College 14 2% $4,241
84 Greenville Technical College 14 1% $5,780
85 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 14 1% $19,493
86 Northwest State Community College 14 4% $6,207
87 South Carolina State University 13 3% $30,060
88 Portland Community College 13 0% $6,029
89 Kent State University at Tuscarawas 13 3% $7,034
90 Western Iowa Tech Community College 13 1% $14,325
91 Northern Michigan University 13 1% $24,187
92 Miami University-Hamilton 13 3% $7,096
93 Erie Community College 13 1% $21,186
94 Blue Ridge Community College 12 2% $5,051
95 Southwest Tennessee Community College 12 1% $5,755
96 Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus 12 1% $58,188
97 Massachusetts Bay Community College 11 2% $6,688
98 Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology 11 2% $13,992
99 Lorain County Community College 11 1% $4,544
100 College of Lake County 11 0% $5,124

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.