2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
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General Engineering is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,411 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Plains States region, there were 339 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering 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 program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.
Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Minnesota State Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Minnesota State Mankato also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. UNL is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.
SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.
Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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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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