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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$8,861 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,165 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

General Engineering is the #46 most popular major in Indiana with 145 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Engineering Schools in Indiana ranking. This report analyzed 3 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 analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Indiana. 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 also took the #2 spot in our Best General Engineering Schools in Indiana rankings.

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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.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue Northwest are $7,734 per year.

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$8,857 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University Fort Wayne. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Schools in Indiana 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.

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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 38
Illinois 30
Ohio 78
Wisconsin 194

One of 39 majors within the area of study, general engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

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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