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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Texas

4 Ranked Colleges
131 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” 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 Texas, there were 802 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 131 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree engineering students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Texas

#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 #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station General Engineering Report

#4 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 Texas list. UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

UTEP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend UTEP is $8,920 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students.

Full UTEP General Engineering Report

#3

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #3 spot on the list. Waco, 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 12 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree engineering students list, Baylor has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $36,039 for texas bachelor’s degree engineering students per year to attend Baylor.

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 low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Read full report on General Engineering at Baylor University

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas Christian University is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 55 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree engineering students list, TCU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TCU is $36,811 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Engineering at Texas Christian University

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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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