2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering science programs and cost less that 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 Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Plains States Region

#1

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,102 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dordt University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Dordt University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Center, Iowa. It awarded 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 University is $25,102 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Dordt General Engineering Science Report

#2

Wartburg College

Waverly, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$21,787 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wartburg College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Wartburg College is a small school located in Waverly, Iowa that handed out 9 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Wartburg also took the #2 spot 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.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Wartburg College

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

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