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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
197 Degrees Awarded
$23,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 938 people earned their degree in architectural engineering, making the major the 234th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, architectural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,977 and had an average of $25,140 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 292 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,433 and $24,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in architectural engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural engineering 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NC A&T also took the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NC A&T is $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students with aid.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 145 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn University is $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at Auburn

#3

Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Tennessee State University is a medium-sized school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 7 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Tennessee State University also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Tennessee State University is $12,443 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at Tennessee State University

#4

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UA is $22,597 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UA Architectural Engineering Report

#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering students in 2019-2020.

U Miami also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $46,949 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students with aid per year to attend U Miami.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Miami Architectural Engineering Report

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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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