2024 Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
5
Colleges in the Southwest Region
74
Doctor's Degrees
Ranked #54 in popularity,
general engineering is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 74 doctor's degrees in general engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great General Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree
The engineering doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general engineering students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of general engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general engineering students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Engineering Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.