2023 Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southwest Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Engineering Mechanics is the 308th most popular major in the country with 272 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $64,399 and had an average of $24,558 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 18 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering mechanics. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering mechanics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region engineering mechanics students.
Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard Payne University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Brownwood, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified ’s engineering mechanics students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Engineering Mechanics at Howard Payne University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southwest Region list. Lee College is a medium-sized school located in Baytown, Texas that handed out 12 ’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Lee College Engineering Mechanics Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Mechanics 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 a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 3 ’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UT Austin Engineering Mechanics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Vista College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southwest Region. Northwest Vista College is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Engineering Mechanics at Northwest Vista College
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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