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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$28,949 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,089 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Engineering Bachelor's 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in the Plains States Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for CE students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Top 10 Best Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the Plains States Region for computer engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a large student population.

North Dakota State University undergraduate students pay an average of $14,876 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, CE graduates from North Dakota State University carry an average student debtload of $17,385.

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#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St. Cloud State University are $18,010 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SD Mines are $16,530 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Dunwoody College of Technology is a great value for computer engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Dunwoody College of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dunwoody College of Technology are $23,863 per year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Iowa State undergraduate students pay an average of $25,446 in tuition and fees each year. CE majors at Iowa State take out an average of $24,096 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $272.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNL undergraduate students pay an average of $26,720 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNL also is in the top 15% of our Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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With a ranking of #7, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on this year’s best value schools for computer engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $18,200 per year.

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University of Central Missouri did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCM are $16,815 per year.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,099 per year. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $318.

In addition to its great value ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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#10

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

With a ranking of #10, Kansas State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for computer engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at K -State are $26,491 a year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, CE graduates from K -State carry an average student debtload of $28,092.

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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 19 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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