2023 Best Value General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for engineering 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in the Southwest Region for general engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 a year.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering schools in the Southwest Region . NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 per year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Kingsville.
Texas A&M Kingsville graduate students pay an average of $14,344 in tuition and fees each year.
Full General Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville Report
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a great value for general engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNM are $20,487 per year.
Full General Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report
Southern Methodist University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SMU are $35,802 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, SMU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Full General Engineering at Southern Methodist University Report
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 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
General Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
| 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.
- 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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