2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Technology is the 196th most popular major in the country with 4,056 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,759 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technology 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 technology program at the school. 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 Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’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 Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

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

#1

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$14,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Memphis is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UofM also made our “Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofM are $14,202, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at University of Memphis

#2

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$14,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Murray State University is a public institution located in Murray, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree engineering technology students list, Murray State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Murray State University are $14,400, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at Murray State

#3

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$25,679 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. ETSU is a fairly large school located in Johnson City, Tennessee that handed out 6 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ETSU also made our “Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ETSU are $25,679.

Read more about Engineering Technology at East Tennessee State University

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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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