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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,703 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,454 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 198,468 engineering students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which associate 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - North Dakota the best value school in the Plains States Region for engineering students working on their associate degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Rasmussen University - North Dakota undergraduate students pay an average of $11,847 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a great value for engineering students working on their associate degree. Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of St. Cloud.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rasmussen University - Minnesota are $13,558 per year.

Rasmussen University - Minnesota excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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Best Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,618
Minnesota 2,350
Iowa 2,616
South Dakota 569
Missouri 3,253
Nebraska 699
North Dakota 787

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

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