2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Mechanics in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 257 people earned their degree in general engineering mechanics, making the major the 707th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 94 general engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 general engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering mechanics 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 general engineering mechanics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The general engineering mechanics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Mechanics in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 40 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general engineering mechanics students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa State General Engineering Mechanics Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Mechanics (With Aid)

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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