2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Mechanics is the 298th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,400 and had an average of $25,750 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 23 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering mechanics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering mechanics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Engineering Mechanics 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 mechanics students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Mechanics 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 UT Austin are $22,886.

Read more about Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (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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