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

5 Ranked Colleges
197 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural Engineering 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 Architectural Engineering 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.

Architectural Engineering is the 234th most popular major in the country with 938 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, architectural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,977 and had an average of $25,140 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 292 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,433 and $24,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in architectural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 145 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Auburn University is $18,394 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NC A&T did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NC A&T is $7,493 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering students in 2019-2020.

Tennessee State University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tennessee State University is $11,015 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to qualified students.

UA also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $19,322 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UA.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at The University of Alabama

#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Miami is $42,611 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

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 student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at U Miami

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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

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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