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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

4 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$24,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science (Income Over $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 Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make more than $110k list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make more than $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.

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#2

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 #2 for the Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

UNM also took the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make more than $110k.

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#3

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. 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 6 students in 2019-2020.

St. Mary’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend St. Mary’s University is $19,276 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make more than $110k.

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#4

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Trinity University 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make more than $110k list, Trinity U has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,669 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Trinity University.

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. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

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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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