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2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$25,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Mechanics is the 298th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,400 and had an average of $25,750 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 94 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering mechanics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering mechanics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree engineering mechanics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 40 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering mechanics students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region doctor’s degree engineering mechanics students whose families make $48-$75k list, Iowa State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Read full report on 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%.

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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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