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2023 Most Popular General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

21 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Engineering Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the most popular school in the Southwest Region for general engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong 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 Oklahoma Christian University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Edmond, OC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

The excellent programs at Lamar University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the Southwest Region . NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.

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#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The excellent programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

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

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With a ranking of #7, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general engineering programs. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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#10

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX

Prairie View A & M University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general engineering programs. Located in the distant town of Prairie View, PVAMU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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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 21 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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