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2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

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74 Degrees Awarded
$85,930 Avg Salary
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 11,796 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,837 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,584 and $19,521 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 74 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 7 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 4 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

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%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

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

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 4 doctorate’s engineering degrees 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station General Engineering Report

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 University of Oklahoma General Engineering Report

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