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2023 Most Popular Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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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.

The Most Popular Engineering Master'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. This report analyzed 41 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the most popular school for engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Women make up 24% of the engineering majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

About 22% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 78% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.

About 21% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 79% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

Women make up 26% of the engineering majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Dallas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 31% of the engineering majors at the school.

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#6

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 234 students majoring in engineering at UH, 76% are male and 24% are female.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #7, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Of the 207 students majoring in engineering at Texas Tech, 76% are male and 24% are female.

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Southern Methodist University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

About 31% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 69% are male.

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#9

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 75% are male.

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The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UTEP is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.

Of the 170 students majoring in engineering at UTEP, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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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

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 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).
  • 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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