Other Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #91 most popular master's degree program in the country. 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 other engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 62 master's degrees in other engineering to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other engineering students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of other engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt other engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for other engineering students working on their master's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Other Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Other Engineering in the Plains States Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in other engineering.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Other Engineering
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.