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

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General Engineering Science is the 337th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 33 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering science programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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

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

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering science students in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering Science at KU

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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.

Credits

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

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