2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Engineering is the 245th most popular major in the country with 2,900 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 185 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering in the Plains States Region

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Dakota are $18,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Engineering at UND

#1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. Rapid City, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

SD Mines also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are $19,250.

Read full report on Other Engineering at SD Mines

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#3 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Engineering at KU

#3

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #3 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 16 doctorate’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Washington University in St Louis Other Engineering Report

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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.

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