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

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Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Minnesota, there were 1,334 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,857 and $18,875 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in Minnesota

#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 Tech Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Cloud State University is a fairly large public school situated in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. It awarded 39 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Cloud State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Cloud State University are $12,904, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full St. Cloud State University Engineering Technologies Report

#2

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering tech degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #0 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at Minnesota State Mankato

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k)

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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