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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in Texas

9 Ranked Colleges
143 Degrees Awarded
$24,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master's in Texas

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Systems Engineering is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 199 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $91,300 and $13,889 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 143 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in systems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great systems engineering programs and 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 systems engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in Texas

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #3 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Systems Engineering Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s systems engineering degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at Texas Tech University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 44 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610.

Full UT Dallas Systems Engineering Report

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 20 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at UH

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s systems engineering students in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington also took the #6 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Arlington are $23,376, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Systems Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington

The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 13 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Systems Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

#8 in overall quality

University of Houston - Clear Lake came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Clear Lake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston - Clear Lake are $19,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Systems Engineering at UH Clear Lake

#8

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, St. Mary’s University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s systems engineering degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree systems engineering students list, St. Mary’s has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Mary’s are $19,320.

Full St. Mary’s University Systems Engineering Report

Southern Methodist University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 27 degrees to qualified masters’s systems engineering students in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at Southern Methodist University

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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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