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2022 Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s

12 Ranked Colleges
459 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Robotics Engineering is the 249th most popular major in the country with 1,075 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, robotics engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $17,852 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 459 robotics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in robotics engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality robotics 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 robotics 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 Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Robotics Engineering

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Edwardsville, Illinois, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s robotics engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUE also made our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $14,423 for bachelor’s degree robotics engineering students per year to attend SIUE.

Read more about Robotics Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

#2

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kennesaw State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s. Kennesaw, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s robotics engineering degrees to 82 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree robotics engineering students list, KSU Georgia has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kennesaw State University is $17,221 for Bachelor’s Degree Robotics Engineering students.

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#9 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s robotics engineering students in 2019-2020.

UVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UVU is $9,159 for Bachelor’s Degree Robotics Engineering students.

Read more about Robotics Engineering at Utah Valley University

#4

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middle Tennessee State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s. Middle Tennessee State University is a large public school situated in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It awarded 60 bachelors’s robotics engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Middle Tennessee State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Middle Tennessee State University is $12,464 for bachelor’s degree robotics engineering students.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Robotics Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 7 bachelors’s robotics engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn also took the #7 spot in our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn is $11,473 for Bachelor’s Degree Robotics Engineering students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Read full report on Robotics Engineering at University of Michigan - Dearborn

#10 in overall quality

University of Arkansas at Little Rock came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 4 bachelors’s robotics engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree robotics engineering students list, UA Little Rock has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arkansas at Little Rock is $14,906 for Bachelor’s Degree Robotics Engineering students.

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#11 in overall quality

Kent State University at Kent landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s robotics engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State also took the #11 spot in our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,885 for bachelor’s degree robotics engineering students per year to attend Kent State.

Read more about Robotics Engineering at Kent State

#8

Lawrence Technological University

Southfield, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Lawrence Technological University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Lawrence Tech is located in Southfield, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s robotics engineering degrees to qualified students.

Lawrence Tech also took the #5 spot in our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lawrence Technological University is $32,721 for Bachelor’s Degree Robotics Engineering students.

Full Lawrence Tech Robotics Engineering Report

University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 23 bachelors’s robotics engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for UW Seattle is $13,297 for Bachelor’s Degree Robotics Engineering students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read more about Robotics Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#10

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s robotics engineering degrees to 95 students in 2019-2020.

WPI also made our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for WPI is $39,756 for Bachelor’s Degree Robotics Engineering students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Worcester Polytechnic Institute Robotics Engineering Report

#11

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Carnegie Mellon University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s robotics engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $34,508 for Bachelor’s Degree Robotics Engineering students per year to attend Carnegie Mellon University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Carnegie Mellon Robotics Engineering Report

#12

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island
#12 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - Providence came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 8 bachelors’s robotics engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree robotics engineering students list, JWU Providence has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Johnson & Wales University - Providence is $26,775 for bachelor’s degree robotics engineering students.

Read full report on Robotics Engineering at Johnson & Wales University - Providence

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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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