by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 4,500 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 214 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 148 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technology. To top this list, a school must have a successful engineering technology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The engineering technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. SWOSU is a public institution located in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. ENMU - Main Campus is a public institution located in Portales, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Canyon, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #7, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
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