2022 Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s 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 Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Research and Development Management is the 831st most popular major in the country with 206 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 24 research and development management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 research and development management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in research and development management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great research and development management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the research and development 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 Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Research and Development Management in the Plains States Region

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$12,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Winona State University is a medium-sized school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 4 masters’s research and development management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Winona State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Research and Development Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State are $12,378, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Research and Development Management at Winona State

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #2 spot on the list. KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s research and development management degrees to qualified students.

KU also made our “Best Research and Development Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Research and Development Management at KU

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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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