2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in the Southeast Region
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General Civil Engineering is the 36th most popular major in the country with 20,913 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4,639 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,488 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 58 colleges that offer a degree in general civil engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general civil engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general civil engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in the Southeast Region
Out of the 58 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 130 students in 2019-2020.
USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #17 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus is $8,355 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend USA is $15,501 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Florida International University is located in Miami, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 129 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
FIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #20 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for FIU is $7,296 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 94 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida State is $9,789 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Tennessee Tech University is a fairly large school located in Cookeville, Tennessee that handed out 60 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Tennessee Tech University is $15,929 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at Tennessee Tech University
Georgia Southern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. GaSou is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 51 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $15,536 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend Georgia Southern University.
With a ranking of #7, University of Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 145 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students per year to attend University of Florida.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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University of Central Florida did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of Central Florida is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 118 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students list, UCF has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UCF is $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
With a ranking of #9, West Virginia University Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia University Institute of Technology is a small public school situated in Beckley, West Virginia. It awarded 12 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
West Virginia University Tech also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #23. The estimated yearly cost for West Virginia University Tech is $10,569 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
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University of New Orleans came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of New Orleans is $11,193 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
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Louisiana Tech University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Louisiana Tech is $12,084 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at Louisiana Tech University
University of North Florida did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. University of North Florida is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $9,606 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students per year to attend University of North Florida.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Kennesaw State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. KSU Georgia is a public institution located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,221 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students per year to attend Kennesaw State University.
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North Carolina A & T State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. North Carolina A & T State University is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 28 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend North Carolina A & T State University is $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
With a ranking of #15, Arkansas State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $13,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Florida A&M University is $15,060 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at Florida A&M University
With a ranking of #17, Virginia Tech did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 189 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.
Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $21,198 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend Virginia Tech.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Florida Atlantic University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. Boca Raton, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,186 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend FAU.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte is $16,529 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read full report on General Civil Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of Memphis came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,248 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students per year to attend UofM.
Jackson State University ranked #21 on this year’s Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Jackson State is a medium-sized public school situated in Jackson, Mississippi. It awarded 28 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Jackson State University is $14,484 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
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Mississippi State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Mississippi State is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 90 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Mississippi State also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #24. It costs about $16,173 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend Mississippi State.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at Mississippi State University
North Carolina State University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 121 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University
With a ranking of #24, West Virginia University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 88 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
WVU also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #21. It costs about $12,983 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend WVU.
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The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,952 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students per year to attend UT Chattanooga.
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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%.
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