2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Master'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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master'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.
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Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Oklahoma Christian University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Southwest Region . OC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Edmond.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OC are $11,250 a year.
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Out of the 28 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 3 spot on the list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UH are $18,871 a year.
UH also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Out of the 28 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Tyler did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. UT Tyler is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Tyler.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Tyler are $16,786 a year.
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Texas Tech University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of Tulsa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tulsa.
University of Tulsa graduate students pay an average of $25,182 in tuition and fees each year.
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Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
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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With a ranking of #10, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 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 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).
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