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2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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273 Degrees Awarded
$17,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering-related fields. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related fields programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 $75-$110k.

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to 78 students 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 $16,060 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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 $75-$110k list. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 106 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $75-$110k list, Iowa State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State University is $17,228 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

Full Iowa State University Engineering-Related Fields Report

#3

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. 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 took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pitt State is $16,826 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#4

Bemidji State University

Bemidji, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bemidji State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Bemidji State University is located in Bemidji, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bemidji State University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $18,280 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $75-$110k 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 be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. South Dakota State University is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State University is $20,754 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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 $75-$110k ranking. This large school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees 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. It costs about $18,298 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Missouri State.

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#7

Grantham University

Lenexa, Kansas
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Grantham University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. 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 also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $11,215 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Grantham University.

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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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