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2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
415 Degrees Awarded
$10,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 86,730 people earned their degree in engineering technologies, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 1,802 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,333 and $24,086 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 415 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technologies 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 technologies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in Missouri

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 78 students in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $10,755 for missouri bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri Southern State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Missouri Southern is a medium-sized public school situated in Joplin, Missouri. It awarded 21 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri Southern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri Southern State University is $7,882 for missouri bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 73 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Southeast Missouri State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Missouri State University is $9,092 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Missouri State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k. Northwest Missouri State University is a public institution located in Maryville, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwest not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend Northwest Missouri State University is $9,990 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Warrensburg, Missouri, and it awarded 149 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend UCM is $10,608 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6

Missouri Western State University

Saint Joseph, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

Missouri Western State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This small school is located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri Western not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri Western State University is $8,762 for missouri bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#7

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, Missouri
#6 in overall quality

Ranken Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ranken Technical College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ranken Technical College is $13,980 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#8 in overall quality

Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 16 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $12,527 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Missouri State.

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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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