2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 200,458 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 12,638 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,836 and $23,524 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 369 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$9,567 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. MCC is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 36 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $9,567 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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.

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