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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$17,342 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,165 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering 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 Schools in Indiana ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering 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 General Engineering Schools in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Engineering Colleges.

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality in General Engineering

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN
$9,992 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the best value school in Indiana for general engineering students. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue are $9,992 per year.

Purdue not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best General Engineering Schools in Indiana list.

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$7,734 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University Northwest is a great value for general engineering students. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Hammond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Purdue Northwest are $7,734 a year.

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$8,857 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Purdue University Fort Wayne helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in Indiana. PFW is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

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

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$9,509 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Indiana landed the # 4 spot on the list. USI is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Evansville.

USI undergraduate students pay an average of $9,509 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, engineering graduates from USI carry an average student debtload of $26,919.

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$50,619 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Indiana list. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Terre Haute.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology are $50,619 per year.

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Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value General Engineering Colleges 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 5 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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