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

26 Colleges
$83,900 Avg Salary

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

Mechanical Engineering is the #21 most popular major in the country with 46,178 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

#1

Rice University

Houston, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Rice University the best school in the Southwest Region for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 3 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Tulsa. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

University of Houston

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #6, University of Houston did quite well on this year’s best schools for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

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#7

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree mechanical engineering programs. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

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#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 3,806
Arizona 804
Oklahoma 521
New Mexico 280

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

Majors Similar to ME

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Michel Villeneuve.

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