2024 Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

General Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #59 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for general engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 82 master's degrees in general engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great General Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of general engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality engineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt general engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Engineering in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general engineering.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Engineering

1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

29 Annual Graduates

$97,570 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in general engineering has to look into University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's recipients from the general engineering degree program at University of Nebraska - Lincoln make $21,729 above the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in general engineering from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

2

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

38 Annual Graduates

$54,112 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in general engineering needs to take a look at Saint Louis University. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the engineering program state that they receive average early career earnings of $54,112.

More information about a master’s in general engineering from Saint Louis University

3

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

7 Annual Graduates

University of Missouri - Columbia is a good choice for students pursuing a master's degree in general engineering. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in general engineering from University of Missouri - Columbia

4

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

6 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat South Dakota State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in general engineering. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in general engineering from South Dakota State University

4

Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, MN

1 Annual Graduates

Minnesota State University - Mankato is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in general engineering. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public university located in the city of Mankato.More information about a master’s in general engineering from Minnesota State University - Mankato

6

University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, MN

1 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in general engineering from University of Minnesota - Duluth

Best General Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	45
Minnesota	174	2
Iowa	154	0
Nebraska	123	29
South Dakota	89	6

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General Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, General Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	82

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	280
Mechanical Engineering	249
Civil Engineering	233
Biomedical Engineering	177
Industrial Engineering	140
Computer Engineering	102
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	92
Chemical Engineering	86
Systems Engineering	72
Geoscience Engineering	69

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp. More about our data sources and methodologies.