2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in Kansas

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In 2019-2020, 4,195 people earned their degree in general engineering technology, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,903 and had an average of $20,609 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kansas, there were 96 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,800 and $28,437 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,246 and $24,894 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kansas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering technology 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 general engineering technology 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 Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kansas For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kansas For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in Kansas

#1

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$16,620 Average Net Price

$60,320 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kansas For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 39 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

WSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. It costs about $16,620 for kansas bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Wichita State University.

Full WSU General Engineering Technology Report

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$19,892 Average Net Price

$55,151 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kansas For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list. It costs about $19,892 for Kansas Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Kansas State University.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Engineering Technology at Kansas State University

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k)

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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