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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
357 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,411 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,480 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 357 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 192 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $14,033 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full ASU - Tempe General Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $18,810 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTEP is $10,786 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso General Engineering Report

#4

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

ORU also made our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for ORU is $25,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on General Engineering at ORU

#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #5 spot on the list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 55 students in 2019-2020.

TCU also made our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas Christian University is $29,929 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full TCU General Engineering Report

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $31,343 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Engineering at Baylor

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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

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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