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2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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273 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,319 people earned their degree in engineering-related fields, making the major the 120th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,026 and had an average of $26,903 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 693 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,600 and $21,875 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 273 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related fields. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related fields programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized school located in Rolla, Missouri that handed out 78 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology is $10,660 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Engineering-Related Fields at Missouri University of Science and Technology

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 106 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $10,843 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Iowa State.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Engineering-Related Fields at Iowa State

#3

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Pitt State is a medium-sized public school situated in Pittsburg, Kansas. It awarded 14 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt State also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $11,973 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Pitt State.

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#4

Bemidji State University

Bemidji, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bemidji State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Bemidji, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

Bemidji State University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,658 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Bemidji State University.

Full Bemidji State University Engineering-Related Fields Report

#5

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 13 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,273 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend South Dakota State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State University Engineering-Related Fields Report

Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

Missouri State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri State University - Springfield is $13,488 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#7

Grantham University

Lenexa, Kansas
#7 in overall quality

Grantham University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Lenexa, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Grantham University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Grantham University is $8,918 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Grantham University Engineering-Related Fields Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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