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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Other Engineering is the 174th most popular major in the country with 2,900 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $75,379 and had an average of $28,015 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 506 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $100,400 and $22,100 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ruston, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other engineering degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana Tech is $8,889 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 33 bachelors’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also made our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State University is $13,986 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama in Huntsville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Huntsville, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree other engineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, UAH has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,010 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UAH.

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#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other 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 #4 spot on the list. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 5 bachelors’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also made our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $18,394 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Auburn University.

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 92%.

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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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