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2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$29,822 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,188 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Architectural Engineering School for You

Architectural Engineering is the #237 most popular major in the country with 1,012 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. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for architectural engineering 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 Architectural Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for architectural engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Architectural Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Oklahoma State University - Main Campus the best value school in the Southwest Region for architectural engineering students. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

OSU undergraduate students pay an average of $24,764 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, OSU also did well on our Best Architectural Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent programs at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best architectural engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Oklahoma are $25,116 a year.

University of Oklahoma also claimed a spot on our Best Architectural Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 per year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #4 spot in our Best Architectural Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best architectural engineering schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year. On average, architectural engineering graduates from UT Austin take out $26,987 in student loans while working on their degree.

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Architectural Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Architectural Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin Report

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great value for architectural engineering students. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Arizona are $35,153 a year.

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$29,299 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for architectural engineering students. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Arlington are $29,299 a year.

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$25,746 Average Tuition & Fees

Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for architectural engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Texas A&M Kingsville undergraduate students pay an average of $25,746 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that architectural engineering majors at Texas A&M Kingsville take out is $30,000.

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Best Architectural Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best architectural engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 112
Arizona 10
Oklahoma 22

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One of 40 majors within the area of study, architectural engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Architectural Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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