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2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 33 students 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890.

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#3

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. Located in Beaumont, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Lamar University also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering at Lamar University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#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 Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Kingsville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Kingsville are $14,066.

Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville General Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 1 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236.

Read more about General Engineering at University of Oklahoma

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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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