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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$25,966 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,554 Avg Salary

Engineering-Related Fields is the #36 most popular major in the country with 6,553 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for engineering-related fields students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Skysong are $13,358 per year. On average, engineering-related fields graduates from ASU - Skysong take out $28,531 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

In addition to its great value ranking, ASU - Skysong is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas State University is a great value for engineering-related fields students working on their bachelor’s degree. Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas State are $22,559 a year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $30,592 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, engineering-related fields graduates from ASU - Tempe carry an average student debtload of $28,531.

ASU - Tempe excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

University of Arizona undergraduate students pay an average of $37,355 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, University of Arizona also did well on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Explore the best engineering-related fields schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 70
Texas 9
Oklahoma 0
New Mexico 4

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, engineering-related fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial & Management Engineering 5,903
Packaging Science 378
Other Engineering-Related Fields 152
Engineering Design 120

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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