by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 118 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree engineering students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Prairie View A & M University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas. Located in Prairie View, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 39 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas list. This medium-sized school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 6 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Baylor University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas ranking. Baylor University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas ranking. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Engineering at University of North Texas
LeTourneau University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas list. LeTourneau University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Longview, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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