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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 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus 61 2% $7,520
14 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 61 1% $24,105
15 College of the Sequoias 58 2% $3,307
16 SUNY College of Technology at Alfred 58 5% $25,422
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 SUNY Polytechnic Institute 47 7% $24,360
26 Beaufort County Community College 47 8% $4,448
27 University of Maine 41 2% $25,088
28 County College of Morris 41 3% $6,320
29 Purdue University Northwest 40 2% $22,871
30 Fairmont State University 40 5% $19,518
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 Michigan Technological University 34 2% $29,969
37 Pittsburg State University 34 2% $19,902
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 Pennsylvania College of Technology 30 2% $33,152
43 Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Guayama 30 20% $3,125
44 University of Puerto Rico-Carolina 30 5% $9,373
45 NHTI-Concord's Community College 30 4% $21,792
46 Eastern Michigan University 29 1% $26,196
47 University of Arkansas at Little Rock 29 1% $24,073
48 University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown 29 6% $28,694
49 Pitt Community College 29 1% $3,530
50 Youngstown State University 28 1% $22,851
51 ECPI University 26 1% $16,819
52 Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology 26 9% $48,460
53 Triton College 26 2% $5,610
54 Central Washington University 25 1% $23,201
55 Cape Fear Community College 24 1% $4,348
56 Moraine Valley Community College 24 1% $5,796
57 Delaware Technical Community College-Terry 24 1% $6,504
58 Cincinnati State Technical and Community College 24 2% $5,890
59 Tarleton State University 23 1% $21,795
60 Point Park University 23 2% $46,090
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 Sacramento City College 21 1% $2,958
65 Oregon Institute of Technology 21 3% $24,252
66 Sinclair Community College 21 0% $3,830
67 Onondaga Community College 20 2% $17,310
68 Vermont Technical College 20 3% $28,356
69 Midlands Technical College 20 1% $6,150
70 York Technical College 19 2% $6,617
71 Bluefield State College 19 6% $9,056
72 CUNY Queensborough Community College 19 1% $6,574
73 Monroe Community College 18 1% $18,016
74 Central Piedmont Community College 18 0% $4,429
75 Middlesex County College 18 1% $4,926
76 Northwestern University 17 0% $74,649
77 Columbus State Community College 17 0% $5,813
78 Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology 16 9% $40,850
79 Hudson Valley Community College 16 1% $7,312
80 Cuyahoga Community College District 15 0% $5,136
81 Eastern Washington University 15 1% $23,011
82 Greenville Technical College 14 1% $5,780
83 Northwest State Community College 14 4% $6,207
84 Mitchell Community College 14 2% $4,241
85 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 14 1% $19,493
86 Wayne State University 14 0% $27,157
87 Kent State University at Tuscarawas 13 3% $7,034
88 Western Iowa Tech Community College 13 1% $14,325
89 Miami University-Hamilton 13 3% $7,096
90 Northern Michigan University 13 1% $24,187
91 Erie Community College 13 1% $21,186
92 South Carolina State University 13 3% $30,060
93 Portland Community College 13 0% $6,029
94 Southwest Tennessee Community College 12 1% $5,755
95 Blue Ridge Community College 12 2% $5,051
96 Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus 12 1% $58,188
97 Lorain County Community College 11 1% $4,544
98 North Central State College 11 2% $5,498
99 College of Lake County 11 0% $5,124
100 Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology 11 2% $13,992

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.