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2023 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$30,080 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,448 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Systems Engineering School for You

Systems Engineering is the #146 most popular major in the country with 3,904 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for systems engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for systems engineering majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Systems Engineering Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for systems engineering students. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a fairly large student population.

ASU - Skysong undergraduate students pay an average of $13,092 in tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Skysong excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great value for systems engineering students. UH is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UH are $21,891 per year.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for systems engineering students. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best systems engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 per year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #4.

Full Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

$23,767 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great value for systems engineering students. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $23,767 per year.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value systems engineering programs. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.

ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $29,438 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ASU - Tempe also is in the top 20% of our Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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Southern Methodist University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for systems engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMU are $60,236 per year.

SMU also made our Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.

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#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Arizona are $35,153 per year. The average amount in student loans that systems engineering majors at University of Arizona take out is $21,616.

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With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for systems engineering students. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Dallas are $39,776 per year.

UT Dallas excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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$24,952 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UTEP undergraduate students pay an average of $24,952 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Systems Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

Best Systems Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best systems engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 234
Arizona 81
New Mexico 5

Systems Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Systems Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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 luis gomes.

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