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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$16,831 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$103,564 Avg Salary

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

With 700 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #25 most popular major in Texas.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in Texas to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for ME students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

Check out the ME doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $12,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin also took the #3 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 a year.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in Texas. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $9,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UH are $9,727 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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Out of the 12 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the # 5 spot on the list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTEP are $7,166 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $8,256 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree mechanical engineering programs. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Arlington are $10,853 a year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree mechanical engineering programs. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

UTSA graduate students pay an average of $9,479 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Dallas are $15,088 per year.

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#10

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree mechanical engineering programs. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rice are $49,941 per year.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 167
Oklahoma 60
New Mexico 56

Mechanical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to ME

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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