2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Manufacturing Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Manufacturing Engineering is the 447th most popular major in the country with 966 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 98 general manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general manufacturing engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general manufacturing 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 manufacturing 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 General Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Manufacturing Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, Missouri

$30,943 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Rolla, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s general manufacturing engineering students in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Manufacturing Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#2

University of St Thomas Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$24,814 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general manufacturing engineering degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UST MN, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UST MN are $24,814, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Manufacturing Engineering at University of St Thomas Minnesota

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Manufacturing Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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.

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