2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 337th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 33 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering science 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 science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Wartburg College

Waverly, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$19,037 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wartburg College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This small school is located in Waverly, Iowa, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Wartburg also made our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $19,037 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Wartburg College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Wartburg College General Engineering Science Report

#2

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$22,177 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dordt University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Dordt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Center, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Dordt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $22,177 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Dordt.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Engineering Science at Dordt University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (Income $30-$48k)

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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