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2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,793 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,064 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, engineering students earned 330 degrees and certificates from a Kansas school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Engineering Schools in Kansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Kansas to see which 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Kansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Kansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS
$10,420 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Kansas. K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at K -State are $10,420 per year.

K -State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Engineering Schools in Kansas list.

Read full report on Engineering at Kansas State University

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
$11,166 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at KU are $11,166 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, KU is ranked #2 for overall quality for engineering in Kansas.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Kansas

Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,179
Minnesota 598
Iowa 448
North Dakota 116
Nebraska 171
South Dakota 175

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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