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2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

6 Colleges
$80,505 Avg Salary

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for engineering students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 34% of the engineering majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

About 14% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 86% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 17% of the engineering majors at the school.

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Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means St. Mary’s University is a great place for engineering students working on their online graduate certificate. St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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University of Advancing Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Advancing Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

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Explore the most popular online 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

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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 6 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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