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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
171 Degrees Awarded
$57,750 Avg Salary
Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,195 people earned their degree in general engineering technology, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,903 and had an average of $20,609 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 278 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,467 and $18,196 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 171 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $10,235 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 53 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State is $14,250 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Canyon, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at West Texas A&M University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for West Texas A&M University is $11,101 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Weatherford, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k list, SWOSU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,091 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend SWOSU.

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#5

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

SHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,832 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend SHSU.

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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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