2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 6,319 people earned their degree in engineering-related fields, making the major the 120th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,026 and had an average of $26,903 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 358 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,700 and $22,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 254 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related fields. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related fields programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree engineering-related fields students.
Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Lamar University is a public institution located in Beaumont, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Lamar University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 19 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Kingsville also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Kingsville are $14,066, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #5 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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The University of Texas at Tyler ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree engineering-related fields students list, UT Tyler has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Tyler are $16,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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University of Arizona came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.
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Southern Methodist University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.
SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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