2023 Best Value Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

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Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management is the 461st most popular major in the country with 1,058 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 213 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

1

Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$18,047 Average Net Price

$50,709 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 195 degrees to qualified ’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management students in 2020-2021.

Webster not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Webster University is $18,047 for Plains States Region Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

Full Webster University Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Report

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$16,410 Average Net Price

$61,758 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 16 ’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management degrees in 2020-2021.

Capella University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,410 for Plains States Region Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Capella University.

Read more about Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management at Capella University

• Best Value Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management (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.