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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$19,449 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$83,157 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Master's Degree School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in the country with 7,672 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the engineering tech master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Oklahoma State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, OSU also is in the top 20% of our Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.

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#3

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stephenville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tarleton are $15,031 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

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#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 a year.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UH are $18,871 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UH also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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With a ranking of #8, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, Northeastern State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NSU are $10,911 per year.

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With a ranking of #10, Southeastern Oklahoma State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Durant, Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southeastern Oklahoma State University are $11,376 a year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Southeastern Oklahoma State University Report

Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 136
Texas 409
Oklahoma 50
New Mexico 6

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering-Related Fields 4,838
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255
Computer Engineering Technology 179
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 145
Mechanical Engineering Technology 104
Nanotechnology 98
Energy Systems Technologies 95
Environmental Control Technology 89
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 43
Architectural Engineering Technology 39
Electronics Engineering Technology 39
Engineering-Related Technologies 15

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

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