2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Technology is the 196th most popular major in the country with 4,056 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 258 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 151 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region

#1

West Texas A&M University

Canyon, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$12,761 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.

Read more about Engineering Technology at West Texas A&M University

#2

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, Oklahoma

#4 in overall quality

$12,891 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Weatherford, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

SWOSU also made our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for SWOSU is $12,891 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students.

Read more about Engineering Technology at SWOSU

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,230 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 53 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.

Full Texas State University Engineering Technology Report

#4

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 41 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at NMSU Main Campus

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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