2023 Best Value Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

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In 2020-2021, 1,058 people earned their degree in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management, making the major the 461st most popular in the United States.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management 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 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management 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 Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

1

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$16,545 Average Net Price

$61,758 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Capella University is $16,545 for Plains States Region Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management students with aid.

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2

Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$23,248 Average Net Price

$50,709 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management degrees to 195 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 estimated yearly cost for Webster University is $23,248 for plains states region purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management students with aid.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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• Best Value Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management (With Aid)

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.