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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,703 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,653 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Engineering Associate Degree School for You

Computer Engineering is the #56 most popular major in the country with 17,987 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Computer Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for CE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for CE majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Computer Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - North Dakota the best value school in the Plains States Region for computer engineering students working on their associate degree. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

Rasmussen University - North Dakota undergraduate students pay an average of $11,847 in tuition and fees each year. CE majors at Rasmussen University - North Dakota take out an average of $26,239 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rasmussen University - Minnesota. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rasmussen University - Minnesota are $13,558 per year. The average amount in student loans that CE majors at Rasmussen University - Minnesota take out while working on their Associate Degree is $26,239.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Rasmussen University - Minnesota also is in the top 10% of our Best Computer Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best computer engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 164
Minnesota 159
Kansas 64
Iowa 449
Nebraska 83
North Dakota 65
South Dakota 8

One of 40 majors within the area of study, computer engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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