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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

21 Colleges
$24,197 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$111,936 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Doctor'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.

The Best Value Engineering Doctor'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 21 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

UT Austin also made our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #4.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 21 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Lamar University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.

Lamar University graduate students pay an average of $15,755 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 Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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 took the #5 spot in our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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#5

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Out of the 21 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

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 20% of our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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#6

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

With a ranking of #6, University of Tulsa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Tulsa.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Tulsa are $25,182 a year.

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With a ranking of #7, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 a year.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,344 per year.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, OSU also is in the top 20% of our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Full Engineering at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report

#10

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree engineering programs. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

Rice graduate students pay an average of $49,941 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, Rice is ranked #1 for overall quality for engineering in the Southwest Region .

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Best Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering schools 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 21 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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