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2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering science programs, but they also 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 science 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 Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. ASU - 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 $17,373 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 $75-$110k. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering science degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

Trinity U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Trinity University is $24,520 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Trinity U General Engineering Science Report

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#4 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and 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 $75-$110k list, UNM has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UNM.

Full UNM General Engineering Science Report

#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#3 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the #4 spot on the list. St. Mary’s University is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 6 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 $75-$110k list, St. Mary’s has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St. Mary’s University is $21,960 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full St. Mary’s 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%.

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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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