2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering science programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The engineering science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$108,649 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. ASU - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 19 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering Science at Arizona State University - Skysong

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.

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