2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2019-2020, 29,892 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 5,015 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,180 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 66 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 130 students in 2019-2020.
UF also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for University of Florida is $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, 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 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 66 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 116 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
USF Tampa also took the #13 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,355 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend USF Tampa.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Florida International University is a large public school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 117 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $7,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid per year to attend FIU.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Florida International University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 197 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid list, Georgia Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Georgia Tech is $14,739 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Full Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Electrical Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 156 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NC State is $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid.
The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
University of Central Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 116 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCF, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend University of Central Florida.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
The University of West Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. The University of West Florida is a fairly large school located in Pensacola, Florida that handed out 54 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend The University of West Florida is $7,406 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
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Florida State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Florida State is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 49 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Florida State is $9,789 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Florida State University
West Virginia University Institute of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Beckley, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for West Virginia University Tech is $10,569 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
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University of North Florida ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of North Florida is a fairly large school located in Jacksonville, Florida that handed out 46 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UNF is $9,606 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
North Carolina A & T State University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend North Carolina A & T State University is $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
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Louisiana Tech University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Louisiana Tech University is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 35 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,084 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid per year to attend Louisiana Tech University.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University
University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.
University of Virginia also took the #4 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Virginia is $20,397 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus
West Virginia University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 64 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for WVU is $12,983 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid.
Virginia Tech ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 133 students in 2019-2020.
Virginia Tech also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $21,198 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid per year to attend Virginia Tech.
The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
With a ranking of #16, Florida Atlantic University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend FAU is $10,186 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at Florida Atlantic University
University of New Orleans landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend University of New Orleans is $11,193 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #18. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UL Lafayette is $12,487 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Florida A&M University is a medium-sized public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 3 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Florida A&M University is $15,060 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
With a ranking of #20, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a public institution located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UT Chattanooga is $12,952 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
Arkansas Tech University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #21. ATU is a fairly large school located in Russellville, Arkansas that handed out 39 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,772 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid per year to attend ATU.
Marshall University ranked #22 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Marshall University is $8,370 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.
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Georgia Southern University landed the #23 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Statesboro, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 81 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend Georgia Southern University.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at Georgia Southern University
University of Georgia landed the #24 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 27 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
UGA also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #17. It costs about $13,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students with aid per year to attend UGA.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Georgia
Western Kentucky University ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $11,962 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend Western Kentucky University.
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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%.
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- 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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