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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

12 Ranked Colleges
185 Degrees Awarded
$91,956 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

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Systems Engineering is the 160th most popular major in the country with 3,904 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $89,736 and had an average of $21,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 322 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,448 and $17,339 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 185 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in systems engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in systems engineering.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

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

Top 12 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the Southwest Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s systems engineering degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Systems Engineering at SMU

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St. Mary's University
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s systems engineering students 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%.

Full St. Mary’s University Systems Engineering Report

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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #3 spot on the list. UTEP is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 38 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Full UTEP Systems Engineering Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 masters’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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%.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at UT Dallas

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University of Houston
Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 22 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Systems Engineering at University of Houston

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 13 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at Texas Tech

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University of Houston - Clear Lake came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at UH Clear Lake

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at University of Arizona

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The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Systems Engineering at UT Arlington

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s systems engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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 ASU - Tempe Systems Engineering Report

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Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 1 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Arizona State University - Skysong Systems Engineering Report

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Systems Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

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