2024 Best Engineering Technologies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you're seeking a Doctor's Degree in engineering technologies, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #28 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Engineering Technologies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13 doctor's degrees in engineering technologies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on engineering technologies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of engineering technologies students who choose to seek a doctor'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 engineering technologies students go into to obtain their doctor'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 engineering technologies related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Engineering Technologies Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Technologies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Engineering Technologies in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in engineering technologies.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Engineering Tech

1

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Southern Methodist University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in engineering technologies. SMU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Dallas.More information about a doctorate in engineering technologies from Southern Methodist University

2

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Texas A&M University - College Station is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in engineering technologies. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the city of College Station.More information about a doctorate in engineering technologies from Texas A&M University - College Station

Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	29	13
Arizona	28	0

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Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Nanotechnology	12
Engineering-Related Fields	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Engineering	1,375
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	756
Physical Sciences	640
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	452
Mathematics & Statistics	211
Natural Resources & Conservation	72
Architecture & Related Services	27

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH. More about our data sources and methodologies.