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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
357 Degrees Awarded
$64,867 Avg Salary
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,775 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,200 and $19,581 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 357 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 192 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,033 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Engineering at ASU - Tempe

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $18,810 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 94%.

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

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. UTEP is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at El Paso is $10,786 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#4

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oral Roberts University landed the #4 spot on the list. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ORU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $25,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend ORU.

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#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 55 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $29,929 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend TCU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Texas Christian University General Engineering Report

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Baylor University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Baylor is $31,343 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Baylor 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

  • *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.

Credits

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

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