2025 Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
8Colleges in the Southwest Region
312Systems Engineering Degrees Awarded
$102,528Avg Early-Career Salary
Systems Engineering isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #160 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 312 degrees in systems engineering to qualified students.
The systems engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Systems Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for systems engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Systems Engineering in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the systems engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Systems Engineering
University of Arizona is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in systems engineering. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the large city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #110 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 73 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, systems engineering degree recipients usually earn about $76,660 at the beginning of their careers.
It's hard to beat Southern Methodist University if you wish to pursue a degree in systems engineering. SMU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #142 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the systems engineering major at Southern Methodist University earn $12,915 above the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Arizona State University - Tempe is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in systems engineering. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 13 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in systems engineering has to take a look at University of Houston. UH is a fairly large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 14th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 8 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent data year.
UT Dallas is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Richardson. This university ranks 9th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 37 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Dallas in the most recent year we have data available. Systems Engineering degree recipients from The University of Texas at Dallas receive an earnings boost of about $6,797 above the average income of systems engineering majors.
Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were about 18 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
UTEP is a fairly large public university located in the large city of El Paso. This university ranks 49th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 52 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, systems engineering degree recipients typically earn an average of $93,203 in the first five years of their career.
Texas A&M International University is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Laredo. This university ranks 90th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 45 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M International University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the systems engineering program earn an average of $49,755 in the first couple years of working.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The systems engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Systems Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for systems engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
