2026 Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region
[Surveying Engineering](/majors/engineering/surveying-engineering/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong surveying engineering education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 12 schools to find the best return on investment for surveying engineering students.
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2026 Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in surveying engineering, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools
Florida Atlantic University earned the #1 spot for value among surveying engineering schools in the Southeast Region. Set in the city of Boca Raton, Florida Atlantic University is a very large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $4,879, with out-of-state students paying around $17,324. Surveying Engineering graduates carry a median of $20,212 in student loans. Surveying Engineering graduates of Florida Atlantic University earn a median of $49,340 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $20,212 median debt. The acceptance rate is 66%.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 12 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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