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2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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$80,505 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 61,791 engineering students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online engineering graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for engineering students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

About 34% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 66% are male.

Full Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Skysong is a great place for engineering students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in engineering at ASU - Skysong, 86% are male and 14% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.

About 17% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 83% are male.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means St. Mary’s University is a great place for engineering students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the Southwest Region . University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the suburb of Norman.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Advancing Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, University of Advancing Technology is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Explore the most popular online engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,548
Texas 4,468
Oklahoma 481
New Mexico 359

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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

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 6 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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