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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$6,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Systems Engineering is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 182 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $15,480 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great systems engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the systems 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 Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 70 bachelors’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Washington University in St Louis is $6,248 for plains states region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Systems Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

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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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