2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Texas

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General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 9,018 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Texas, there were 764 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,315 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas”.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Texas

1

Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

2

Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas list. Lamar University is a public institution located in Beaumont, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Engineering at Lamar University

3

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

#4 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 more about General Engineering at Southern Methodist University

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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#3 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas A&M College Station General Engineering Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.