2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor'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 Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for ME students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the ME doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #4 for overall quality for ME in the Southwest Region .
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.
Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UH are $18,871 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Tulsa. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Tulsa are $25,182 a year.
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mechanical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.
University of North Texas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree mechanical engineering programs. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, OSU also is in the top 20% of our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UTEP graduate students pay an average of $16,621 in tuition and fees each year.
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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best mechanical engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 3,806 |
| Arizona | 804 |
| Oklahoma | 521 |
| New Mexico | 280 |
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Mechanical Engineering Related Majors for ME
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 18 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 Michel Villeneuve.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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