2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,056 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 196th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 247 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The engineering technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region”.

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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region

#1

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$19,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Pitt State is a public institution located in Pittsburg, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 26 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Technology 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 Pitt State are $19,320.

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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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