by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Texas, there were 770 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,698 and $16,750 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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Prairie View A & M University landed the #1 spot on the list. PVAMU is a medium-sized school located in Prairie View, Texas that handed out 16 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lamar University is a public institution located in Beaumont, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 39 masters’s 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas. 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.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 10 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Southern Methodist University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students 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%.
Read full report on General Engineering at Southern Methodist University
With a ranking of #7, Baylor University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas list. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 91%.
Read full report on General Engineering at Baylor University
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #8. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.
Read more about General Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station
The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
LeTourneau University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas list. This small school is located in Longview, Texas, and it awarded 0 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
University of North Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #10. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 0 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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