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2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$13,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering Science is the 208th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,800 and had an average of $20,111 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 223 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,813 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 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 $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in engineering science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 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 $30-$48k

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 $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science (Income $30-$48k) 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 $30-$48k 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $30-$48k list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $8,921 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full ASU - Tempe Engineering Science Report

#2

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity University landed the #2 spot on the list. Trinity University is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 29 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,991 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Trinity U.

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 student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Trinity U Engineering Science Report

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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 $30-$48k. 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $30-$48k list, UNM has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,458 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus 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 $30-$48k 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 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 took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,581 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend St. Mary’s.

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

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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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