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2023 Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

6 Colleges
$85,930 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

General Engineering is the #64 most popular major in the country with 3,548 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in General Engineering

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the best school for general engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

Full General Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#3

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full General Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #6 on this year’s Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Kingsville.

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Best General Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 147
Arizona 135
Oklahoma 62
New Mexico 56

General Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Rémi Kaupp.

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