2023 Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate 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 Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 34% of the engineering majors at the school.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Arlington is a great place for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.
Of the 31 students majoring in engineering at UT Arlington, 90% are male and 10% are female.
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Out of the 20 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 41% of the engineering majors at the school.
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Out of the 20 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 22 students majoring in engineering at University of Arizona, 73% are male and 27% are female.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.
About 14% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 86% are male.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. 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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Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
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The University of Texas at Austin came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
Of the 4 students majoring in engineering at UT Austin, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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Texas Tech University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTHealth is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.
Of the 2 students majoring in engineering at UTHealth, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 4,416 |
| Texas | 15,205 |
| New Mexico | 1,111 |
| Oklahoma | 2,060 |
Engineering Related Majors
Engineering Majors to Study
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 20 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.