2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Southwest Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Electrical Engineering is the 26th most popular major in the country with 29,892 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 3,707 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,402 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 36 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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 electrical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Southwest Region
Out of the 36 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 85 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
ASU - Skysong not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #18 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 91 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students list, UH has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school awarded 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #14. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Tarleton State University is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students list, Tarleton has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,979 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend Tarleton State University.
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With a ranking of #6, Texas Tech University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 75 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school handed out 102 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #22 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
With a ranking of #8, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 56 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 104 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students list, UTSA has also earned the #21 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTSA is $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
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University of North Texas ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students list, UNT has also earned the #16 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of North Texas is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Lamar University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Beaumont, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 37 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
Lamar University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #25 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lamar University is $12,311 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
Texas State University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 87 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend Texas State.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
With a ranking of #14, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Socorro, New Mexico, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
New Mexico Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,595 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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With a ranking of #15, University of Central Oklahoma did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.
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With a ranking of #16, The University of Texas at Tyler did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 39 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
UT Tyler also took the #17 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Tyler is $10,974 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students.
The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 105 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $8,920 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend The University of Texas at El Paso.
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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a fairly large public school situated in Corpus Christi, Texas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,332 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #24 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students.
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Prairie View A & M University landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Prairie View, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.
PVAMU also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #23. It costs about $14,582 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend Prairie View A & M University.
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Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #20 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Kingsville is $13,778 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M Kingsville
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 218 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Arlington also took the #13 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend The University of Texas at Arlington.
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With a ranking of #24, Oklahoma Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $21,347 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend OC.
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University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #25 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
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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%.
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