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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Texas

4 Ranked Colleges
131 Degrees Awarded
$27,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Texas, there were 806 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,400 and $14,850 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 131 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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 Texas For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Texas

#4 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 #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 13 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at El Paso is $15,123 for texas bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#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 Texas For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $26,028 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

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

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

#3

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, TCU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TCU is $33,664 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #4 spot on the list. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $35,300 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Baylor University.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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.

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