2023 Best Value General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Texas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Engineering Master'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.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value master'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.
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2023 Best Value General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas
Check out the engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Engineering
Our analysis found Lamar University to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Texas. 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.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Texas A&M University is a great value for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the fringe town of Canyon.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at West Texas A&M University are $7,282 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 per year.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prairie View A & M University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. PVAMU is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Prairie View.
PVAMU graduate students pay an average of $7,993 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering schools in Texas. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $9,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 20% of our Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking.
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With a ranking of #6, Texas State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas State are $9,060 a year.
The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTEP are $7,166 a year.
With a ranking of #8, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.
SMU graduate students pay an average of $35,802 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SMU also is in the top 10% of our Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking.
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Baylor University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waco.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Baylor are $37,674 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Baylor also did well on our Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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 |
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Arizona | 135 |
Oklahoma | 62 |
New Mexico | 56 |
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General Engineering Related Majors for Engineering
One of 39 majors within the area of study, general engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 9 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.
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