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

4 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering science 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 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 Getting Aid

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students 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 $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full ASU - Tempe General Engineering Science Report

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students with aid.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus General Engineering Science Report

#3

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Mary’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. 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 also made our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend St. Mary’s is $19,276 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students with aid.

Read more about General Engineering Science at St. Mary’s

#4

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas
#1 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity University landed the #4 spot on the list. Trinity U is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

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 $24,669 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students with aid per year to attend Trinity University.

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. 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.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Trinity U

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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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