2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering mechanics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering mechanics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Vallue Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Vallue Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income Over $110k)

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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