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2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$17,182 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,659 Avg Salary

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

General Engineering Technology is the #27 most popular major in the country with 4,421 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which trade school 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for engineering tech 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 Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Engineering Technology

Our analysis found Bemidji State University to be the best value school for general engineering technology students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Bemidji State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Bemidji.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bemidji State University are $9,806 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, engineering tech majors at Bemidji State University accumulate an average of around $33,271 in student debt.

Bemidji State University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Missouri. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCM are $16,815 a year. The average amount in student loans that engineering tech majors at UCM take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $26,979.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Missouri State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Cape Girardeau.

Southeast Missouri State University undergraduate students pay an average of $15,285 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, engineering tech majors at Southeast Missouri State University accumulate an average of around $23,514 in student debt.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WSU are $18,165 a year. The average amount in student loans that engineering tech majors at WSU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $24,614.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering technology schools in the Plains States Region . SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SD Mines are $16,530 per year.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree general engineering technology programs. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

K -State undergraduate students pay an average of $26,491 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best General Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 87
Missouri 95
Minnesota 30
South Dakota 3
Iowa 9
North Dakota 6

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, general engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Engineering Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering Technology 4,245
Applied Engineering Technologies 176

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,466
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,550
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,819
Environmental Control Technology 8,601
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,553

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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