2023 Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools For Those Getting Aid
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Ranked Colleges
2,437
Degrees Awarded
$8,400
Avg Net Price*
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Pre-Engineering is the 284th most popular major in the country with 2,437 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
For this year’s “Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pre-engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pre-engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pre-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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Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools For Those Getting Aid
The colleges and universities below are the best for pre-engineering students with aid.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Pre-Engineering (With Aid)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Technical Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools For Those Getting Aid. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 133 degrees to qualified ’s pre-engineering students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our pre-engineering students with aid list, Wake Technical Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Pre-Engineering Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wake Technical Community College is $6,767 for pre-engineering students with aid.
Read full report on Pre-Engineering at Wake Technical Community College
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Orem, Utah, and it awarded 20 ’s pre-engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
UVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pre-Engineering Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Utah Valley University is $9,955 for pre-engineering students with aid.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Utah Valley University Pre-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
- *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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