2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You
With 198,468 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #7 most popular major in the United States.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in the Southwest Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
Top 10 Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found West Texas A&M University to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southwest Region . West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.
West Texas A&M University undergraduate students pay an average of $11,208 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 Lamar University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Beaumont.
Lamar University undergraduate students pay an average of $18,482 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region 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 undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.
Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UH undergraduate students pay an average of $21,891 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Out of the 32 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 5 spot on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $40,996 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality for engineering in the Southwest Region .
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.
OSU undergraduate students pay an average of $24,764 in tuition and fees each year.
OSU also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Northern Arizona University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering programs. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NAU are $17,761 per year.
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With a ranking of #8, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #5 for overall quality for engineering in the Southwest Region .
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University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UCO is a large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCO are $18,917 a year.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering programs. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Edinburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $19,333 per year.
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Explore the best engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 4,416 |
| Texas | 15,205 |
| New Mexico | 1,111 |
| Oklahoma | 2,060 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer & Information Sciences | 254,454 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 177,778 |
| Engineering Technologies | 85,188 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 52,396 |
| Physical Sciences | 50,306 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 26 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).
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