2025 Best Pre-Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on majoring in pre-engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #284 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for pre-engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 173 degrees in pre-engineering annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Pre-Engineering Schools List

Pick Your Pre-Engineering Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Pre-Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Pre-Engineering in the Plains States Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the pre-engineering degree levels they offer.

Top Plains States Region Schools in Pre-Engineering

1

Normandale Community College
Bloomington, MN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

39 Pre-Engineering Degrees Awarded

2.6% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat Normandale Community College if you want to pursue a degree in pre-engineering. Located in the city of Bloomington, Normandale Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in pre-engineering from Normandale Community College

2

Century College
White Bear Lake, MN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Century College if you want to pursue a degree in pre-engineering. Century College is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of White Bear Lake.More information about a degree in pre-engineering from Century College

Best Pre-Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best pre-engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	132
Missouri	693	19
Kansas	599	29
Nebraska	500	0
North Dakota	416	5
South Dakota	381	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Pre-Engineering

One of 2 majors within the General Engineering area of study, Pre-Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Pre-Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	393

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.