2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate 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 Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 339 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 114 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering 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 program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank General Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$7,066 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 36 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

MCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City is $7,066 for plains states region associate degree engineering students with aid.

Read more about General Engineering at Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (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

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

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