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2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

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 general engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 33 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 14 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Beaumont, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lamar University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 3 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make more than $110k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M College Station General Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 8 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Kingsville are $14,066, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M Kingsville General Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 1 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma are $23,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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