2022 Best Value Energy Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

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 Energy Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 29 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, energy systems engineering is the most popular major in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 energy systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Energy Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in energy systems engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality energy systems engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Energy Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Energy Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Energy Systems Engineering (With Aid)

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Energy Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s energy systems engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Energy Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.

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#2

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$20,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Energy Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Villanova University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Villanova not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Energy Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova are $20,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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