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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$35,802 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$135,821 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering-related fields was ranked #51 in the country. In fact 4,838 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Southern Methodist University to be the best value school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SMU are $35,802 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, SMU also did well on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Southern Methodist University Report

Explore the best engineering-related fields schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 262
Arizona 41
Oklahoma 8
New Mexico 6

One of 16 majors within the area of study, engineering-related fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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