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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2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools
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 midsize city of Scottsdale.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.
Full Engineering at Arizona State University - Skysong Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oklahoma Christian University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. OC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Edmond.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OC are $11,250 per year.
Read full report on Engineering at Oklahoma Christian University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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.
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 Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’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 very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
The University of Texas at Tyler came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Tyler is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Tyler.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Tyler are $16,786 per year.
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 large city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per 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.
University of Tulsa landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. 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.
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 town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Texas A&M Kingsville graduate students pay an average of $14,344 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville Report
University of North Texas ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.
Read full report on Engineering at University of North Texas
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 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
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Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
| 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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