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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$22,610 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$98,951 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Computer Engineering is the #56 most popular major in the country with 17,987 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. 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.

The Best Value Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for CE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Oklahoma Christian University to be the best value school for computer engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . OC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Edmond.

OC graduate students pay an average of $11,250 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $24,106 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great value for computer engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 13 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#5

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Tulsa is a great value for computer engineering students working on their master’s degree. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tulsa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Tulsa are $25,182 per year.

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#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 a year.

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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 per year.

UT Dallas excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 a year.

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Southern Methodist University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SMU are $35,802 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, SMU is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,079
Arizona 558
Oklahoma 94
New Mexico 55

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 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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