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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in architectural engineering technology, making the major the 228th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, architectural engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,833 and had an average of $22,511 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 435 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,600 and $16,149 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in architectural engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural engineering technology programs, but they also 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae tech students.

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

$51,482 Average Early-Career Earnings

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. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school handed out 75 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s AE tech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree ae tech students list, Southern Miss has also earned the #1 rank 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.

Read more about Architectural Engineering Technology at University of Southern Mississippi

#2

Seminole State College of Florida

Sanford, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$8,326 Average Net Price

$49,436 Average Early-Career Earnings

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, Seminole State College of Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. Sanford, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE tech degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Seminole State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Seminole State is $8,326 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae tech students.

Full Seminole State Architectural Engineering Technology Report

#3

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$10,161 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, Fairmont State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Fairmont, West Virginia, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairmont State also took 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.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering Technology at Fairmont State University

• 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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