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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

26 Colleges
$67,438 Avg Salary
$23,451 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #32 most popular major in the country with 9,007 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the most popular school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Arlington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

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The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mechanical engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

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#8

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mechanical engineering programs. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

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University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mechanical engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mechanical engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 700
Arizona 167
Oklahoma 60
New Mexico 56

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

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 25 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.

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