2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,097 people earned their degree in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management, making the major the 424th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 256 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 187 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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 for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management in the Plains States Region

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Webster University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 162 masters’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management degrees to qualified students.

Webster also made our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #2 spot on the list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management degrees to qualified students.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management

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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