by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s” ranking.
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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s”.
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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 Lamar University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 39 masters’s engineering 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%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prairie View A & M University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s list. PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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West Texas A&M University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s ranking. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
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Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Baylor University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s ranking. Baylor 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.
The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s ranking. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
LeTourneau University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s ranking. Longview, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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University of North Texas did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Texas for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #10. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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