2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering Science is the 342nd most popular major in the country with 1,422 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 24 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering science.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Plains States Region

1

Bethany Lutheran College
Mankato, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethany Lutheran College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 BLC General Engineering Science Report

2

Wartburg College
Waverly, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wartburg College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Waverly, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Wartburg College

3

Dordt University
Sioux Center, Iowa

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Sioux Center, Iowa, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Dordt

4

Bethel University Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 2 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Bethel University Minnesota

5

Cornell College
Mount Vernon, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Cornell College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mount Vernon, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Cornell College

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.