2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Doctorate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 9,018 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.

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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful general engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Doctorate”.

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

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Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #1 spot on the list. Beaumont, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 9 students 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%.

Full Lamar University General Engineering Report

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

#3 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Doctorate. Kingsville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville General Engineering Report

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Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

#4 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Doctorate list. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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%.

Full SMU 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.