2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Engineering Master's 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Top 10 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found North Dakota State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Plains States Region . North Dakota State University is a large public school located in the city of Fargo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 per year.
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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 Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at St. Cloud State University are $13,412 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.
UNL excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 a year.
South Dakota State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Grand Forks, UND is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UND are $18,968 per year.
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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SD Mines are $20,116 per year.
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University of St Thomas Minnesota ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.
UST MN graduate students pay an average of $23,736 in tuition and fees each year.
UST MN not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Wichita State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Wichita.
WSU graduate students pay an average of $15,323 in tuition and fees each year.
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Iowa State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.
Iowa State graduate students pay an average of $26,948 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Iowa State also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
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Kansas State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at K -State are $23,949 per year.
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Explore the best engineering colleges 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 |
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Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 17 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).
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