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2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$13,303 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,090 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

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

Top 10 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Texas. UT Austin is a fairly 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 also took the #2 spot in our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

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#2

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the 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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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college 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 took the #5 spot in our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - Kingsville helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in Texas. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a moderately-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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#5

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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The University of Texas at Tyler came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UT Tyler is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Tyler.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Tyler are $8,110 a year.

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#7

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX

Prairie View A & M University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. PVAMU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Prairie View.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at PVAMU are $7,993 a year.

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#8

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. 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.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.

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

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With a ranking of #10, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $8,256 per year.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Schools 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 19 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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