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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Computer Engineering in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

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General Computer Engineering is the 58th most popular major in the country with 13,520 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,192 general computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 752 general computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 23 colleges that offered a degree in general computer engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general computer engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 23 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Computer Engineering in the Southwest Region

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St. Mary's University
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 full report on General Computer Engineering at St. Mary’s University

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LeTourneau University
Longview, Texas

Out of the 23 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, LeTourneau University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Longview, Texas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Christian University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general computer engineering students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 28 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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%.

Full University of Houston - Clear Lake General Computer Engineering Report

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Out of the 23 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott landed the #5 spot on the list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 7 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school awarded 84 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general computer engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.

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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 160 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station General Computer Engineering Report

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Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View, Texas

Prairie View A & M University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Prairie View, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.

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With a ranking of #11, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas at San Antonio General Computer Engineering Report

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.

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University of North Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees to qualified students.

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

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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 82 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Computer Engineering at ASU - Tempe

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University of Houston
Houston, Texas

University of Houston came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 37 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general computer engineering students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school awarded 32 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general computer engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas at Arlington General Computer Engineering Report

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With a ranking of #19, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Northern Arizona University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. NAU is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Northern Arizona University General Computer Engineering Report

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Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas

Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general computer engineering students in 2020-2021.

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University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma

University of Tulsa did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. University of Tulsa is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 2 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full University of Tulsa General Computer Engineering Report

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With a ranking of #21, Texas A&M International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M International University is a medium-sized school located in Laredo, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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