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

6 Ranked Colleges
345 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor's in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 545 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,050 and $25,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 345 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical engineering 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 EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree ee students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Missouri

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. Washington University in St Louis is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend Washington University in St Louis is $5,273 for missouri bachelor’s degree ee students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at WUSTL

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 138 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri University of Science and Technology, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology is $10,755 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree EE students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 57 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.

Mizzou also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Columbia is $10,940 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree EE students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Mizzou Electrical Engineering Report

#4

University of Missouri - St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - St Louis. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.

UMSL also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for UMSL is $7,401 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree EE students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full UMSL Electrical Engineering Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMKC is $12,065 for missouri bachelor’s degree ee students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at UMKC

#6

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

Saint Louis University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SLU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SLU is $20,051 for missouri bachelor’s degree ee students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Saint Louis University

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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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