2025 Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
158Engineering Science Degrees Awarded
$77,818Avg Early-Career Salary
Engineering Science is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #205 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 158 degrees in engineering science annually.
The engineering science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Science rankings. For our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Engineering Science in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of engineering science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Engineering Science
Vanderbilt University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in engineering science. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were about 37 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in engineering science needs to check out University of Mississippi. Ole Miss is a very large public university located in the town of University. This university ranks 1st out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 35 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, engineering science degree recipients usually earn an average of $73,758 in their early careers.
It is hard to beat University of New Orleans if you want to pursue a degree in engineering science. Located in the large city of New Orleans, UNO is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 24 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at UNO in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The engineering science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Science rankings. For our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
