2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Alabama (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Electrical Engineering is the 26th most popular major in the country with 29,892 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Alabama, there were 412 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

#3 in overall quality

$16,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. USA is a fairly large public school situated in Mobile, Alabama. It awarded 6 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

USA also took the #3 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112.

Full University of South Alabama Electrical Engineering Report

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

Auburn also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Auburn

#3

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. UA is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 10 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at The University of Alabama

#4

Tuskegee University

Tuskegee, Alabama

$23,398 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tuskegee University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. Tuskegee University is located in Tuskegee, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s EE degrees to qualified students.

Tuskegee also took the #0 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tuskegee are $23,398, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Tuskegee

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (With Aid)

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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