2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Systems Engineering is the 209th most popular major in the country with 3,802 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 312 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 188 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in general systems engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general systems engineering.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 12 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 40 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Southern Methodist University General Systems Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Mary’s University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. St. Mary’s is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s general systems engineering 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 more about General Systems Engineering at St. Mary’s University
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #3 spot on the list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general systems engineering degrees to 52 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas at El Paso General Systems Engineering Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #4 spot on the list. UT Dallas is a large public school situated in Richardson, Texas. It awarded 26 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Systems Engineering at UT Dallas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UH General Systems Engineering Report
Texas Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 15 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 Texas Tech University General Systems Engineering Report
University of Houston - Clear Lake did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general systems engineering degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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 UH Clear Lake General Systems Engineering Report
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 Arizona General Systems Engineering Report
The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Read more about General Systems Engineering at UT Arlington
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 2 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Systems Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 2 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Systems Engineering at ASU - Skysong
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Systems Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 1 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station General Systems Engineering 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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