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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
357 Degrees Awarded
$22,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 192 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students with aid per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.

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

Read more about General Engineering at ASU - Tempe

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UTEP is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees 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. It costs about $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students with aid per year to attend The University of Texas at El Paso.

Read more about General Engineering at UTEP

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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

#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 Getting Aid list. Oral Roberts University is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students with aid list, ORU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students with aid per year to attend ORU.

Read more about General Engineering at ORU

#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. TCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Christian University is $36,811 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students with aid.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read more about General Engineering at Texas Christian University

#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 Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Baylor also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national 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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