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2023 Best Value Colleges for Engineering Science in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$22,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.

Engineering Science is the 205th most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $22,601 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 27 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,225 and $26,750 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Engineering Science in the Plains States Region

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Wartburg College
Waverly, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wartburg College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Plains States Region. Wartburg College is a small school located in Waverly, Iowa that handed out 10 ’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.

Wartburg also made our “Best Engineering Science Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Wartburg College is $22,765 for Plains States Region Engineering Science students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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