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2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
370 Degrees Awarded
$18,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,604 people earned their degree in systems engineering, making the major the 164th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 807 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,200 and $29,872 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 370 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in systems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great systems engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the systems engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 119 degrees to qualified bachelors’s systems engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Florida is $12,685 for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 97%.

Read more about Systems Engineering at University of Florida

#2

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 126 bachelors’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Virginia - Main Campus is $21,646 for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Virginia Systems Engineering Report

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. George Mason University is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 35 bachelors’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for George Mason University is $23,266 for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at GMU

#4

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kennesaw State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Kennesaw State University is a large school located in Kennesaw, Georgia that handed out 33 bachelors’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia also made our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend KSU Georgia is $19,570 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Systems Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at KSU Georgia

#5

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 56 degrees to qualified bachelors’s systems engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, UNC Charlotte has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $19,973 for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

With a ranking of #6, University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock also took the #6 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,024 for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UA Little Rock.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at UA Little Rock

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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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