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2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering Science is the 337th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 223 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general engineering science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $7,044 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Engineering Science at ASU - Tempe

#2

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity U also made our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $12,373 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Trinity U.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Trinity University General Engineering Science Report

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 11 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $0-$30k list, UNM has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $13,242 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about General Engineering Science at UNM

#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. St. Mary’s is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Mary’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,338 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend St. Mary’s.

Full St. Mary’s University General Engineering Science 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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