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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in the Southwest Region

41 Ranked Colleges
4,367 Degrees Awarded
$27,500 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 46,178 people earned their degree in general mechanical engineering, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 5,420 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4,367 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 41 colleges that offer a degree in general mechanical engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general mechanical engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Socorro, New Mexico, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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LeTourneau University
Longview, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. LETU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Longview, Texas. It awarded 37 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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Out of the 41 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott landed the #3 spot on the list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 38 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott General Mechanical Engineering Report

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University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Out of the 41 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Tulsa landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 59 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Tulsa General Mechanical Engineering Report

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Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Prairie View A & M University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. This medium-sized school is located in Prairie View, Texas, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Full PVAMU General Mechanical Engineering Report

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 214 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at UTEP

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With a ranking of #7, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 256 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M Kingsville

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With a ranking of #9, Oklahoma Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. OC is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at OC

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The University of Texas of the Permian Basin came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Odessa, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 48 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.

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With a ranking of #11, The University of Texas at Tyler did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 97 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 305 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech

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With a ranking of #13, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 100 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.

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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is a fairly large school located in Corpus Christi, Texas that handed out 80 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 234 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas

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MSU Texas
Wichita Falls, Texas

With a ranking of #16, MSU Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. MSU Texas is a public institution located in Wichita Falls, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at MSU Texas

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Rice University
Houston, Texas

Rice University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees to 58 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Rice General Mechanical Engineering Report

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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 169 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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University of Houston
Houston, Texas

University of Houston came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 240 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 400 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 128 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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West Texas A&M University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 45 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #23. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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

Full SMU General Mechanical Engineering Report

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

With a ranking of #24, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 144 bachelors’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 274 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

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