2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Engineering is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,411 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Minnesota, there were 68 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,526 and $26,035 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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The engineering 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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Minnesota

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,057 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this fairly large public school handed out 39 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. It costs about $11,057 for Minnesota Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Minnesota State Mankato.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 at Minnesota State University - Mankato

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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