by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Mechanical Engineering is the 14th most popular major in the country with 46,178 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Texas, there were 3,815 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 513 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 16 colleges that offered a degree in general mechanical engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general mechanical engineering.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas”.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 26 degrees to qualified masters’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas list. Longview, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas. UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #4 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 95 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 106 degrees to qualified masters’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas list. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
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With a ranking of #7, Rice University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas list. Rice is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas ranking. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 25 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley General Mechanical Engineering Report
The University of Texas at Austin came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas ranking. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 51 masters’s degrees 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.
Full The University of Texas at Austin General Mechanical Engineering Report
University of Houston ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified masters’s general mechanical engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Houston General Mechanical Engineering Report
Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #11. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 24 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, 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 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas Tech University General Mechanical Engineering Report
With a ranking of #12, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Southern Methodist University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas ranking. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas ranking. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 11 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees 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%.
Baylor University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas list. Baylor is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 7 masters’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 91%. 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%.
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The University of Texas at Tyler did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #16. Tyler, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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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