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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Idaho (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
164 Degrees Awarded
$13,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor's in Idaho For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Idaho, there were 191 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,400 and $21,671 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 164 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,211 and $23,934 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical 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 electrical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Idaho (With Aid)

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a large school located in Rexburg, Idaho that handed out 32 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU - I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. It costs about $7,167 for Idaho Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend BYU - I.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Brigham Young University - Idaho Electrical Engineering Report

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,132 for Idaho Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend University of Idaho.

Full University of Idaho Electrical Engineering Report

#3

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid list. Boise State University is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 61 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. It costs about $15,787 for Idaho Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend Boise State University.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Boise State University

#4

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #4 spot on the list. ISU is a fairly large public school situated in Pocatello, Idaho. It awarded 14 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

ISU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Idaho State University is $16,810 for Idaho Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Idaho 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%.

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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