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Best Schools for Engineering Mechanics in the The Plains States Region
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall engineering mechanics education in the The Plains States Region.
Top Schools in Engineering Mechanics
No school ranked higher than Iowa State University this year for engineering mechanics. Iowa State University is a very large public school located in the city of Ames. The six-year graduation rate is 75%. There were roughly 60 engineering mechanics students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their engineering mechanics degree from Iowa State University earn around $53,900 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $23,495.
Read more about the engineering mechanics program at Iowa State University
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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 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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