2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 8,480 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,381 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 67 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree engineering students.
Top 7 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southwest Region
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 22 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
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 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering at UNM
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Kingsville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville General Engineering Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering at Lamar University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 Southern Methodist University General Engineering Report
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 9 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering at Texas A&M College Station
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering at University of Oklahoma
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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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