2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Metallurgical Engineering is the 308th most popular major in the country with 207 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, metallurgical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $68,650 and had an average of $20,130 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 43 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in metallurgical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent metallurgical 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 metallurgical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The metallurgical engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,920 Average Net Price

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UTEP is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP also took the #2 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at El Paso is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso Metallurgical Engineering Report

#2

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$23,196 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. LETU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Longview, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

LETU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for LeTourneau University is $23,196 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Metallurgical Engineering students.

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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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