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2024 Best Value Colleges for General Engineering in Minnesota

1 Ranked Colleges
183 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Schools in Minnesota

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 in Minnesota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 11,796 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.

Across Minnesota, there were 183 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,645 and $16,266 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering 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 general engineering 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 Schools in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools in Minnesota.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for General Engineering in Minnesota

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Engineering Schools in Minnesota list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 36 ’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Schools in Minnesota” list. It costs about $17,159 for Minnesota Engineering students per year to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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