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2023 Best Value General Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$22,995 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,553 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 254 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general engineering is the #86 most popular major in Indiana.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Indiana to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering 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 General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana

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

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Engineering

Our analysis found University of Southern Indiana to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Indiana. USI is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Evansville.

USI undergraduate students pay an average of $9,509 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of Southern Indiana

Out of the 3 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Fort Wayne landed the # 2 spot on the list. PFW is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

PFW undergraduate students pay an average of $8,857 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Engineering at Purdue University Fort Wayne Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a great value for general engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Terre Haute.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology are $50,619 a year.

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Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 470
Ohio 243
Illinois 427
Wisconsin 202

General Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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