2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
The Best Value Mechanical 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. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master'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.
Top 10 Best Mechanical Engineering Master'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 master’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.
UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - Kingsville helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Kingsville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,344 a year.
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The University of Texas at Tyler ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Tyler, UT Tyler is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Tyler are $16,786 per year.
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University of Tulsa ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value 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 college with a small student population.
University of Tulsa graduate students pay an average of $25,182 in tuition and fees each year.
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The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mechanical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of El Paso, UTEP is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTEP are $16,621 a year.
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University of North Texas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a very large public school located in the city of Denton.
UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #10, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.
ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest 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 25 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.
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