2023 Best Value Colleges for General Systems Engineering in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Systems Engineering is the 209th most popular major in the country with 3,904 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 162 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general systems engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general systems engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general systems engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region.
Top 4 Best Value Colleges for General Systems Engineering in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified ’s general systems engineering students in 2020-2021.
UST MN also made our “Best General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend UST MN is $31,066 for Plains States Region General Systems Engineering students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region. St. Cloud State University is a public institution located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
St. Cloud State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for St. Cloud State University is $14,581 for Plains States Region General Systems Engineering students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 75 ’s general systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri University of Science and Technology, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Missouri University of Science and Technology is $12,964 for Plains States Region General Systems Engineering students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region. WUSTL is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 54 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WUSTL is $26,921 for Plains States Region General Systems Engineering students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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
- *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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