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2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
146 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 938 people earned their degree in architectural engineering, making the major the 234th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, architectural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,977 and had an average of $25,140 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 197 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,200 and $24,115 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 146 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 architectural engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid list, Missouri University of Science and Technology has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,262 for plains states region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid per year to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Kansas State University is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 62 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid per year to attend K -State.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Architectural Engineering at Kansas State University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid list, UNL has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNL is $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Architectural Engineering Report

#4

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school handed out 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering students in 2019-2020.

KU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Kansas is $18,918 for plains states region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering 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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