2025 Best Other Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Other Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #91 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for other engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 62 master's degrees in other engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of other engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt other engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for other engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Other Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Other Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Other Engineering in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in other engineering.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Other Engineering

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

41 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in other engineering needs to check out Washington University in St Louis. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a master’s in other engineering from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

21 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in other engineering. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a master’s in other engineering from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Best Other Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best other engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	43
Minnesota	174	21
Iowa	154	0
Nebraska	123	0

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Other Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Other Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Other Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Engineering	62

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	281
Mechanical Engineering	276
Civil Engineering	211
Biomedical Engineering	209
Industrial Engineering	137
Computer Engineering	109
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	87
General Engineering	85
Chemical Engineering	85
Geoscience Engineering	67

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.