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2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
148 Degrees Awarded
$11,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,195 people earned their degree in general engineering technology, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,903 and had an average of $20,609 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 247 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,950 and $23,106 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 148 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering technology programs and 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 general engineering technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bemidji State University

Bemidji, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bemidji State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bemidji State University is a small public school situated in Bemidji, Minnesota. It awarded 19 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Bemidji State University also made our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $10,632 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bemidji State University.

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#2

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Southeast Missouri State University is a fairly large public school situated in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It awarded 31 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeast Missouri State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $9,092 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Southeast Missouri State University.

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#3

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Missouri. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Warrensburg, Missouri, this medium-sized public school handed out 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

UCM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,608 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UCM.

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#4

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, WSU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,642 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend WSU.

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#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Kansas State University is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,232 for plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend K -State.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Engineering Technology at Kansas State University

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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%.

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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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