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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,176 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,554 Avg Salary

With 92 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, engineering-related fields is the #29 most popular major in Indiana.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Indiana to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering-related fields students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering-related fields majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Indiana. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $9,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Purdue is ranked #2 for overall quality for engineering-related fields in Indiana.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University Northwest is a great value for engineering-related fields students working on their bachelor’s degree. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

Purdue Northwest undergraduate students pay an average of $7,803 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, engineering-related fields graduates from Purdue Northwest take out $30,958 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Purdue Northwest also made our Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #4.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Purdue University Northwest Report

#3

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Indiana State University is a great value for engineering-related fields students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Indiana State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,732 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at Indiana State University

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 197
Wisconsin 62
Ohio 124
Illinois 18

Engineering-Related Fields is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial & Management Engineering 5,903
Packaging Science 378
Other Engineering-Related Fields 152
Engineering Design 120

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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