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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Engineering Mechanics is the 707th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 94 general engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 general engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering mechanics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering mechanics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 44 masters’s general engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering Mechanics at Iowa State

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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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