2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in architectural engineering technology/technician, making the major the 405th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 435 architectural engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 architectural engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in architectural engineering technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural engineering technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$14,923 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 75 bachelors’s AE tech degrees to qualified students.

Southern Miss also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Miss is $14,923 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae tech students.

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#2

Seminole State College of Florida

Sanford, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$8,326 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seminole State College of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Sanford, Florida, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Seminole State also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,326 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE Tech students per year to attend Seminole State.

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#3

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$10,161 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairmont State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, this small public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s AE tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fairmont State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Fairmont State is $10,161 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae tech students.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology

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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