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

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.

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 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Skysong are $13,092 a 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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Out of the 20 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. DeVry University - Arizona is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DeVry University - Arizona are $15,032 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Durant, Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southeastern Oklahoma State University are $15,870 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Weatherford, SWOSU is a public school with a small student population.

SWOSU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,023 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Houston - Downtown came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

UH Downtown undergraduate students pay an average of $17,196 in tuition and fees each 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.

Tarleton undergraduate students pay an average of $17,582 in tuition and fees each 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 very large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

SHSU undergraduate students pay an average of $18,752 in tuition and fees each year.

SHSU also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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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 city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNT are $20,906 per year.

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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 large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UH are $21,891 per year.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked 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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