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2023 Best General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

18 Colleges
$70,584 Avg Salary
$19,521 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Engineering 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 Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best General Engineering Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best school in the Southwest Region for general engineering students. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

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#3

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

Out of the 18 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, TX

The excellent programs at Baylor University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona ranked #6 on this year’s Best General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

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Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for general engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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West Texas A&M University ranked #8 on this year’s Best General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the fringe town of Canyon, West Texas A&M University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for general engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best General Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering colleges 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 18 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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