2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Engineering Science is the 337th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The engineering science 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 Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Wartburg College

Waverly, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$21,787 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Wartburg College landed the #1 spot on the list. Wartburg is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waverly, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wartburg not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wartburg is $21,787 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering science students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Wartburg College General Engineering Science Report

#2

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,102 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 Getting Aid. Dordt 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 also made our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Dordt is $25,102 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering science students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Dordt University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (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.

Credits

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