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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$14,506 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$83,900 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Master'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in Texas to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

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

Top 10 Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Texas. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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Out of the 16 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly 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 Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #5.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

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

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of Houston Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at El Paso helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in Texas. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTEP are $7,166 per year.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $9,518 per year.

Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University Report

The University of Texas at Tyler came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UT Tyler is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Tyler.

UT Tyler graduate students pay an average of $8,110 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler Report

University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mechanical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize 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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With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Edinburg.

UT Rio Grande Valley graduate students pay an average of $8,333 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $10,853 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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 16 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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