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2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering

14 Colleges
5,415,716 Bachelor's Degrees
$36,071 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Value Systems Engineering School for You

Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Systems EngineeringIn 2021-2022, N/A people earned their bachelor's in systems engineering, making the major the #179 most popular in the United States.

This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in systems engineering. Note that the phrase 'best value' does not mean the absolute lowest-priced. Instead, we are looking at those systems engineering schools that offer a high quality educational experience at a price lower than expected.

Average cost figures start with estimating tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other related expenses. We then subtract the average amount of financial aid that a student receives. You can use this as a gauge to estimate how much you may need to pay out of pocket to cover costs when financial aid isn't enough. Keep in mind that the net cost for you may be higher or lower, depending on your income and other factors.

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2024 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Systems Engineering Colleges for the Money.

Top 10 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools

1
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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

University of Florida earned the #1 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population. UF also took the #6 spot in our Best Systems Engineering Schools rankings.

At UF, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.3 years, and it costs about $28,061 per year to attend the school. This means that the average student pays around $120,101 to get a bachelor’s degree from UF. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.

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Kennesaw State University earned the #2 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

It takes about 4.8 years for the average student at KSU Georgia to complete their degree, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $29,748. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from KSU Georgia be around $143,980. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.

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3

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the #3 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population. UIUC not only placed well in our value rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Systems Engineering Schools list.

The average student at UIUC graduates in less than 4.2 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $33,662. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from UIUC is $141,717. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte earned the #4 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a very large student population.

The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at UNC Charlotte is 4.5 years, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $26,943. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from UNC Charlotte is about $120,974. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.

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5

University of Arizona earned the #5 spot in our 2024 rankings. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at University of Arizona is 4.3 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $37,502. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from University of Arizona is $162,009. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.

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6

Maine Maritime Academy earned the #6 spot in our 2024 rankings. Maine Maritime is a small public school located in the rural area of Castine.

It takes the average student at Maine Maritime about 4.3 years to graduate, and it costs about $27,904 per year to attend the school. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from Maine Maritime is $121,103. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.

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George Mason University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.

The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at GMU is 4.4 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $39,607. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from GMU be around $172,687. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a large student population.

It takes about 4.6 years for the average student at UCCS to complete their degree, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $28,759. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from UCCS is $131,429. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus earned the #9 spot in our 2024 rankings. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville. In addition to being on our best value list, University of Virginia has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Systems Engineering Schools ranking.

It takes the average student at University of Virginia about 4.1 years to graduate, and it costs about $42,175 per year to attend the school. This means that the average student pays around $171,230 to get a bachelor’s degree from University of Virginia. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.

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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Stevens Institute of Technology. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken. Stevens also claimed a spot on our Best Systems Engineering Schools list. It's in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at Stevens is 4.5 years, and it costs about $49,554 per year to attend the school. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from Stevens is about $222,497. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.

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Systems Engineering by Region

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Systems Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.

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