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2022 Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

7 Ranked Colleges
136 Degrees Awarded
$14,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,020 people earned their degree in electronics engineering technology, making the major the 119th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electronics engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,459 and had an average of $25,065 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 821 electronics engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,520 and $20,370 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 136 electronics engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in electronics engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electronics engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electronics engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electronics Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree ee tech students list, South Dakota State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Electronics Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State University is $19,252 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ee tech students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Electronics Engineering Technology at South Dakota State University

#2

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Pittsburg, Kansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE tech students in 2019-2020.

Pitt State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Electronics Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Pittsburg State University is $14,436 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree EE Tech students.

Read more about Electronics Engineering Technology at Pittsburg State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s EE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Electronics Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $16,221 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ee tech students per year to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Electronics Engineering Technology Report

#4

Missouri Western State University

Saint Joseph, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Western State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, this small public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s EE tech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree ee tech students list, Missouri Western has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Electronics Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Missouri Western State University is $10,958 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ee tech students.

Read full report on Electronics Engineering Technology at Missouri Western State University

#5

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. University of Central Missouri is a medium-sized school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s EE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM also made our “Best Electronics Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend UCM is $13,677 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ee tech students.

Read full report on Electronics Engineering Technology at University of Central Missouri

#6

Grantham University

Lenexa, Kansas

Grantham University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Grantham University is a medium-sized school located in Lenexa, Kansas that handed out 72 bachelors’s EE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grantham University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Electronics Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grantham University is $8,409 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree EE Tech students.

Read full report on Electronics Engineering Technology at Grantham University

#7

Hamilton Technical College

Davenport, Iowa

With a ranking of #7, Hamilton Technical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Hamilton Technical College is a private for-profit institution located in Davenport, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hamilton Technical College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Electronics Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $19,640 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree EE Tech students per year to attend Hamilton Technical College.

Read full report on Electronics Engineering Technology at Hamilton Technical College

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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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