2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 884 people earned their degree in engineering-related technologies, making the major the 273rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,300 and had an average of $12,619 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 263 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering-related technologies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering-related technologies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$1,994 Average Net Price

$61,064 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, UF has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UF is $1,994 for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Florida Engineering-Related Technologies Report

#2

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana

#3 in overall quality

$9,968 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Nicholls State University also made our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Nicholls State University is $9,968 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Nicholls State University Engineering-Related Technologies Report

#3

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$10,632 Average Net Price

$44,971 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

ETSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,632 for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ETSU.

Read more about Engineering-Related Technologies at East Tennessee State University

#4

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$13,975 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Kennesaw State University is $13,975 for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Kennesaw State University Engineering-Related Technologies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $0-$30k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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