2025 Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
164Engineering Science Degrees Awarded
$77,818Avg Early-Career Salary
Engineering Science isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #205 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for engineering science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 164 degrees in engineering science annually.
Your choice of engineering science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Engineering Science in the Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering science degree levels they offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Engineering Science
It's difficult to beat Trinity University if you want to pursue a degree in engineering science. Trinity U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Antonio. This university ranks 22nd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 28 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Trinity U in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, engineering science degree recipients usually earn around $74,063 in their early careers.
It's difficult to beat Houston Community College if you want to pursue a degree in engineering science. Houston Community College is a very large public college located in the city of Houston. This college ranks 17th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 86 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Houston Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the engineering science program earn an average of $61,518 in the first couple years of their career.
Every student who is interested in engineering science has to take a look at Arizona State University - Skysong. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Scottsdale. A Best Colleges rank of #403 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Skysong is a great university overall.
There were roughly 27 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering science major at Arizona State University - Skysong get $17,052 more than the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of engineering science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
