2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering-Related Technologies is the 273rd most popular major in the country with 884 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,300 and had an average of $12,619 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 263 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related technologies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 engineering-related technologies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$8,528 Average Net Price

$61,064 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UF also made our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $8,528 for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read more about Engineering-Related Technologies at University of Florida

#2

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana

#3 in overall quality

$13,412 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nicholls State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Nicholls State University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,412 for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Nicholls State University.

Read more about Engineering-Related Technologies at Nicholls State University

#3

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$18,036 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,036 for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Kennesaw State University.

Full KSU Georgia Engineering-Related Technologies Report

#4

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$16,359 Average Net Price

$44,971 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This fairly large school is located in Johnson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ETSU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ETSU is $16,359 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full East Tennessee State University Engineering-Related Technologies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $48-$75k)

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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