2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields in Minnesota (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering-Related Fields is the 120th most popular major in the country with 6,319 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Minnesota, there were 50 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The engineering-related fields school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields in Minnesota (With Aid)

#1

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$12,904 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, and it awarded 32 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Cloud State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Cloud State University are $12,904, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 2 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields (With Aid)

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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