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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Southwest Region

10 Ranked Colleges
225 Degrees Awarded
$78,019 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is the 94th most popular major in the country with 8,001 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,535 and had an average of $24,126 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,000 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,751 and $24,968 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 225 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in aerospace and aeronautical engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree aerospace engineering students.

Top 10 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Durant, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school awarded 66 diplomas to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2020-2021.

Full Southeastern Oklahoma State University Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

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Rice University
Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Rice is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Rice

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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 35 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington

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With a ranking of #6, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at ASU - Tempe

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University of Houston
Houston, Texas

University of Houston landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 11 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Houston

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

With a ranking of #9, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Arizona

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Aerospace Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 1 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Oklahoma

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