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2022 Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 966 people earned their degree in general manufacturing engineering, making the major the 447th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 124 general manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general manufacturing engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general manufacturing 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 manufacturing engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for General Manufacturing Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s general manufacturing engineering degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for southwest region general manufacturing engineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

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#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 37 ’s general manufacturing engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State University is $15,230 for Southwest Region General Manufacturing Engineering students with aid.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 ’s general manufacturing engineering degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region general manufacturing engineering students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UTEP is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 4 ’s general manufacturing engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at El Paso is $8,920 for southwest region general manufacturing engineering students with aid.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 5 ’s general manufacturing engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTSA, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UTSA is $13,853 for Southwest Region General Manufacturing Engineering students with aid.

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Southern Methodist University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 32 ’s general manufacturing engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,222 for southwest region general manufacturing engineering students with aid per year to attend SMU.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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