2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Plains States Region
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General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 8,480 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 393 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 14 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ottawa University - Ottawa. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Ottawa, Kansas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 full report on General Engineering at Ottawa University - Ottawa
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of the Ozarks. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region. Hard Work U is located in Point Lookout, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Read more about General Engineering at College of the Ozarks
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. Cornell College is a small school located in Mount Vernon, Iowa that handed out 17 bachelors’s engineering 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%.
Full Cornell College General Engineering Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loras College landed the #4 spot on the list. Dubuque, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Loras College General Engineering Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northwestern - St Paul landed the #5 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 26 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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 full report on General Engineering at Northwestern
Central College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Pella, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Central College General Engineering Report
Doane University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Crete, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Doane University General Engineering Report
Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this fairly large public school handed out 37 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 Minnesota State Mankato General Engineering Report
University of Mary came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UMary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Mary General Engineering Report
University of Iowa came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 8 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, 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 88%.
Full Iowa General Engineering Report
Winona State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students 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%.
Full Winona State University General Engineering Report
Washington University in St Louis ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on General Engineering at WUSTL
University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 56 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering at UNL
Dordt University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Dordt University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Center, Iowa. It awarded 3 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Dordt University General Engineering Report
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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
- *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.
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