2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering-Related Fields is the 120th most popular major in the country with 6,319 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,026 and had an average of $26,903 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 693 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,600 and $21,875 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related fields 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 engineering-related fields 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields in the Plains States Region

#1

Grantham University

Lenexa, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$8,409 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grantham University landed the #1 spot on the list. Grantham University is a private for-profit institution located in Lenexa, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Grantham University also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Grantham University is $8,409 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Fields students.

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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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