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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering Technology is the 155th most popular major in the country with 4,195 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$76,460 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618.

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#2

West Texas A&M University

Canyon, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,013 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Canyon, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Texas A&M University are $8,013, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$18,689 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering tech degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best General Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#4 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$94,408 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 5 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#5

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 1 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best General Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

Full Texas A&M College Station General Engineering Technology Report

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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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