2024 Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Metallurgical Engineeringbachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #277 out of the 363 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for metallurgical engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 bachelor's degrees in metallurgical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on metallurgical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other metallurgical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for metallurgical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized metallurgical engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for metallurgical engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Metallurgical Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Metallurgical Engineering in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Metallurgical Engineering

1

LeTourneau University
Longview, TX

10 Annual Graduates

LeTourneau University is a good choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering. Located in the small city of Longview, LETU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in metallurgical engineering from LeTourneau University

2

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX

23 Annual Graduates

$61,588 Median Starting Salary

$20,490 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat The University of Texas at El Paso if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduation, metallurgical engineering bachelor's recipients usually earn about $61,588 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in metallurgical engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso

Best Metallurgical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best metallurgical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	33

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Rankings in Majors Related to Metallurgical Engineering

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Metallurgical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Metallurgical Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Metallurgical Engineering	33

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	4,367
Electrical Engineering	2,476
Civil Engineering	1,600
Chemical Engineering	1,225
Computer Engineering	1,141
Biomedical Engineering	889
Industrial Engineering	777
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	744
Petroleum Engineering	364
General Engineering	280

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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