2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Mechanics is the 298th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,400 and had an average of $25,750 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 23 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering mechanics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering mechanics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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