2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Mechanics is the 298th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,400 and had an average of $25,750 in loans still to pay off.

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

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 engineering mechanics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree engineering mechanics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#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 Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 doctorate’s engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State also made our “Best Engineering Mechanics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Engineering Mechanics at Iowa State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $75-$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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