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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$22,010 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,852 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in the country with 85,188 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the Southwest Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology the best value school in the Southwest Region for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the distant town of Okmulgee.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OSU Institute of Technology are $11,384 a year.

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Out of the 20 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the # 2 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong undergraduate students pay an average of $13,092 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ASU - Skysong also is in the top 10% of our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at DeVry University - Arizona helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Southwest Region . DeVry University - Arizona is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DeVry University - Arizona are $15,032 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the distant town of Durant, Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University undergraduate students pay an average of $15,870 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Weatherford, SWOSU is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SWOSU are $15,023 a year.

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University of Houston - Downtown did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UH Downtown is a large public school located in the city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UH Downtown are $17,196 a year.

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#7

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

With a ranking of #7, Tarleton State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stephenville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tarleton are $17,582 a year.

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Sam Houston State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SHSU are $18,752 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SHSU also is in the top 20% of our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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University of North Texas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

UNT undergraduate students pay an average of $20,906 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UH are $21,891 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 502
Texas 4,414
New Mexico 223
Oklahoma 687

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,013
General Engineering Technology 4,676
Construction Engineering Technology 4,330
Quality Control Technology 3,824
Computer Engineering Technology 3,595
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,768
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,290
Energy Systems Technologies 1,256
Civil Engineering Technology 1,187
Engineering-Related Technologies 989
Mining & Petroleum Technology 445
Nuclear Engineering Technology 220
Nanotechnology 114

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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