2022 Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

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In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 337th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 33 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering science 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 general engineering science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,102 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Dordt University is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 5 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Dordt also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dordt is $25,102 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Dordt

#2

Wartburg College

Waverly, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$21,787 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wartburg College landed the #2 spot on the list. Wartburg College is a small school located in Waverly, Iowa that handed out 9 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make more than $110k list, Wartburg has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wartburg College is $21,787 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Wartburg

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (Income Over $110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.

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