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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,800 and had an average of $20,111 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 33 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering science students with aid.

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

#1

Wartburg College

Waverly, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$21,787 Average Net Price

$60,320 Average Early-Career Earnings

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. Located in Waverly, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2019-2020.

Wartburg also made our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $21,787 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering science students with aid per year to attend Wartburg College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,102 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. 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 Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Dordt University is $25,102 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering Science at Dordt

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for 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.

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