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.
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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for ME majors pursuing a master's degree.
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 large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very 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 also took the #2 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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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 fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UH also is in the top 15% of our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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 very large public school located in the city of College Station.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.
Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.
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Out of the 26 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school located in the distant 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 landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree mechanical engineering programs. Located in the midsize city of Tyler, UT Tyler is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
UT Tyler graduate students pay an average of $16,786 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Tulsa 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 #7 on the list. Located in the 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.
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 college with a very large student population.
UTEP graduate students pay an average of $16,621 in tuition and fees each year.
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 fairly 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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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree mechanical engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized 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.
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 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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