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2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$15,095 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$111,936 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Engineering is one of the most popular subjects to study in Texas. With 4,468 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

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

Top 10 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $12,050 per year.

UT Austin also made our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #3.

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Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in Texas for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized 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 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 engineering schools in Texas. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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

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#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

Out of the 14 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Lamar University is a large public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont.

Lamar University graduate students pay an average of $8,411 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $9,727 per year.

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

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $6,157 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.

UTEP graduate students pay an average of $7,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of North Texas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNT are $8,256 a year.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Arlington are $10,853 per year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTSA are $9,479 per year.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,548
Oklahoma 481
New Mexico 359

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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