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2023 Best Value General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$15,276 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,930 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 147 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #86 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Texas 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. 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 General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

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

Best Texas 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 Texas for general engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $10,733 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #4.

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

#2

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 #2 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.

Lamar University graduate students pay an average of $8,411 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Engineering at Lamar University Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - Kingsville helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering schools in Texas. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Texas A&M Kingsville graduate students pay an average of $6,157 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

SMU graduate students pay an average of $35,802 in in-state tuition and fees each 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 Texas list.

Full General Engineering at Southern Methodist University Report

Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 135
Oklahoma 62
New Mexico 56

One of 39 majors within the area of study, general engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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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