Mechanical Engineering Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
For the academic year 2022-2023, at the best colleges in Mechanical Engineering program, total 143,061 undergraduate students have awarded grant aid from federal, state, local, and/or institutes. The average amount of the awarded grant aid is $32,736 where the 2024 average tuition & fees is $52,022. For full-time first time undergraduate students (freshmen), 60%% of students (33,507 students) have awarded federal, state, local and/or institutional grant aid.
- For all undergraduate students, Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 77% and Purdue University-Main Campus has the lowest graduation rate of 45%.
- For all undergraduate students, Princeton University has the highest amount of grant aid of $62,079 and Purdue University-Main Campus has the lowest amount of grant aid of $9,819.
- For first-time full-time students, The University of Texas at Austin has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 86% and Carnegie Mellon University has the lowest graduation rate of 47%.
- For first-time full-time students, Stanford University has the highest amount of grant aid of $60,619 and The University of Texas at Austin has the lowest amount of grant aid of $8,321.
Mechanical Engineering Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
The following table lists the best colleges in Mechanical Engineering programs. The "-" value in other columns means that the corresponding data has not been reported or the school does not have programs for the values.
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| Rank | College name | Tuition & Fees | All Undergraduate | Full-time First-Time Undergraduate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Students Awarded Grants | Percent of Students Awarded Grants | Average Amount Grant Aid Awarded | Number of Students Awarded Grants | Percent of Students Awarded Grants | Average Amount Grant Aid Awarded | |||
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years | $60,156 | 3,557 | 77% | $44,422 | 832 | 71% | $45,591 |
| 2 | Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, 4 years four-years | $62,484 ($49,617) | 4,827 | 63% | $56,737 | 1,120 | 53% | $60,619 |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA Private, 4 years four-years | $63,255 ($49,908) | 613 | 62% | $47,135 | 155 | 57% | $59,192 |
| 59 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA Public, 4 years four-years | $45,627 ($14,850) | 18,864 | 59% | $22,200 | 3,572 | 52% | $21,669 |
| 44 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA Public, 4 years four-years | $32,876 ($11,764) | 12,420 | 71% | $12,073 | 2,438 | 71% | $13,992 |
| 77 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $39,192 ($18,060) | 20,318 | 58% | $16,449 | 4,427 | 54% | $16,552 |
| 57 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Public, 4 years four-years | $60,107 ($18,309) | 22,636 | 70% | $16,599 | 4,824 | 67% | $15,121 |
| 17 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY Private, 4 years four-years | $66,014 ($52,853) | 7,656 | 49% | $54,352 | 1,901 | 51% | $54,219 |
| 3 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ Private, 4 years four-years | $59,710 ($47,140) | 3,221 | 61% | $62,079 | 786 | 61% | $59,792 |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years | $63,274 ($53,910) | 3,306 | 48% | $40,660 | 896 | 47% | $43,966 |
| 79 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN Public, 4 years four-years | $28,794 ($9,992) | 17,194 | 45% | $9,819 | 4,932 | 48% | $8,950 |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Public, 4 years four-years | $42,778 ($11,678) | 28,449 | 70% | $10,302 | 7,624 | 86% | $8,321 |
| Average | $52,022 | 143,061 | 61% | $32,736 | 33,507 | 60% | $33,999 | |