2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,900 people earned their degree in other engineering, making the major the 174th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $75,379 and had an average of $28,015 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 64 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $29,290 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other engineering degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963.

Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Other Engineering Report

#2

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #2 spot on the list. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478.

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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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