2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Indiana

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In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Indiana, there were 199 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,400 and $23,406 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 89 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Indiana

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at Purdue

#2

Purdue University Northwest

Hammond, Indiana

$11,633 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Northwest. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k list. Purdue Northwest is a medium-sized school located in Hammond, Indiana that handed out 8 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue Northwest also made our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University Northwest are $11,633, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Purdue University Northwest General Engineering Report

#3

Purdue University Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$14,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Fort Wayne landed the #3 spot on the list. PFW is a medium-sized school located in Fort Wayne, Indiana that handed out 18 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

PFW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at PFW are $14,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering at PFW

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’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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