2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

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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 the Plains States region, there were 6,838 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,288 and $19,942 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering technologies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Vallue Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Northern Iowa is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at University of Northern Iowa

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income Over $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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