2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Missouri, there were 196 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Missouri

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 6 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at Mizzou

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$54,869 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k. Saint Louis University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074.

Read full report on General Engineering at SLU

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