2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Computer Engineering Master'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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Plains States Region to see which master'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.
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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Check out the CE master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Computer Engineering Master'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 master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a large student population.
North Dakota State University graduate students pay an average of $12,028 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at St. Cloud State University are $13,412 a year.
Out of the 10 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UMN Twin Cities graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMN Twin Cities also did well on our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.
Iowa State graduate students pay an average of $26,948 in tuition and fees each year.
Iowa State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.
With a ranking of #6, University of Iowa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for computer engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Iowa also is in the top 10% of our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
University of Kansas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.
KU graduate students pay an average of $25,007 in tuition and fees each year.
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Saint Louis University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SLU are $22,614 a year.
Missouri University of Science and Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 per year.
Missouri University of Science and Technology also claimed a spot on our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Washington University in St Louis ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.
WUSTL also took the #2 spot in our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.
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Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best computer engineering schools 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 |
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Computer Engineering Related Majors for CE
One of 40 majors within the area of study, computer engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 10 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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