2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Southwest Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 1,422 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 205th most popular in the United States. In , engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $21,804 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 164 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $92,813 and $20,565 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering science students.
Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Southwest Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity University landed the #1 spot on the list. Trinity University is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Trinity University Engineering Science Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. St. Mary’s University is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Science at St. Mary’s University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 18 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Engineering Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering science degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Full ASU - Tempe Engineering Science Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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