2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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Engineering-Related Technologies is the 273rd most popular major in the country with 884 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,300 and had an average of $12,619 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 79 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,300 and $12,619 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 36 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related technologies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related technologies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering-related technologies 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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Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$6,514 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bismarck State College is a small school located in Bismarck, North Dakota that handed out 4 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

BSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for BSC is $6,514 for plains states region associate degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Engineering-Related Technologies at BSC

#2

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,421 Average Net Price

$57,770 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hennepin Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and it awarded 22 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Hennepin Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,421 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Hennepin Technical College.

Full Hennepin Technical College Engineering-Related Technologies Report

#3

Des Moines Area Community College

Ankeny, Iowa

#4 in overall quality

$8,543 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Des Moines Area Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Ankeny, Iowa, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering-related tech students in 2019-2020.

DMACC also made our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,543 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend DMACC.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Technologies at DMACC

#4

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$12,707 Average Net Price

$47,846 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #4 spot on the list. Southeast Technical College is a small public school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 9 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southeast Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $12,707 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southeast Technical College.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Technologies at Southeast Tech

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $30-$48k)

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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