2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Indiana

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Schools for a Master’s in Indiana” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across Indiana, there were 149 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 89 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering 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 general engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Indiana

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 46 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

#2

Purdue University Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$14,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Fort Wayne. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Indiana list. Purdue University Fort Wayne is a medium-sized public school situated in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It awarded 18 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

PFW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University Fort Wayne are $14,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at PFW

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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 Rémi Kaupp.

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