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2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

32 Colleges
$25,812 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,721 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at West Texas A&M University are $11,208 a year.

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#2

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.

Lamar University undergraduate students pay an average of $18,482 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each 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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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 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 very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UH are $21,891 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UH also did well on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Engineering at University of Houston Report

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 city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Austin are $40,996 a year.

UT Austin also made our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering programs. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OSU are $24,764 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, OSU also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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Northern Arizona University 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 #7 on the list. Located in the 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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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Texas A&M College Station undergraduate students pay an average of $38,855 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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University of Central Oklahoma landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering programs. UCO is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edmond.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCO are $18,917 per year.

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With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.

UT Rio Grande Valley undergraduate students pay an average of $19,333 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Report

Best Engineering Colleges by State

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

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

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