2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,056 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 196th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 258 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 151 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering technology students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering technology students with aid.

Full NMSU Main Campus Engineering Technology Report

#2

West Texas A&M University

Canyon, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$12,761 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #2 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering technology students with aid per year to attend West Texas A&M University.

Read more about Engineering Technology at West Texas A&M University

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,230 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 53 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering technology students with aid per year to attend Texas State University.

Read more about Engineering Technology at Texas State

#4

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, Oklahoma

#4 in overall quality

$12,891 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Weatherford, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

SWOSU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University is $12,891 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering technology students with aid.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at SWOSU

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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