2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Georgia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 897 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,000 and $23,269 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 420 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Georgia

#1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$101,168 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 395 degrees to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$22,004 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Georgia Southern University is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 11 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GaSou, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GaSou are $22,004.

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#3

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$15,264 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,015 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mercer is a private not-for-profit institution located in Macon, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mercer also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mercer are $15,264.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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