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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
54 Degrees Awarded
$26,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 966 people earned their degree in manufacturing engineering, making the major the 241st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, manufacturing engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,383 and had an average of $25,760 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 124 manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,700 and $25,325 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in manufacturing engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent manufacturing engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the manufacturing engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s 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. UT Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,151.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering at UT Rio Grande Valley

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UTEP is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s manufacturing engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 8 masters’s manufacturing engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree manufacturing engineering students with aid list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Manufacturing Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #4 spot on the list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UTSA are $25,807.

Full UTSA Manufacturing Engineering Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s manufacturing engineering degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering at Southern Methodist University

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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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