2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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In 2019-2020, 21,561 people earned their degree in civil engineering, making the major the 45th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,122 and had an average of $23,807 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4,697 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,348 and $23,791 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,515 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 59 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Southeast Region
Out of the 59 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng 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. USF Tampa is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 130 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
USF Tampa also made our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #17. The yearly cost to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus is $8,355 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Out of the 59 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #2 spot on the list. USA is a public institution located in Mobile, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of South Alabama is $15,501 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students.
Out of the 59 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #3 spot on the list. FIU is located in Miami, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 129 bachelors’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.
FIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #21 on our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $7,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students per year to attend FIU.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 94 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students list, Florida State has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida State University is $9,789 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Tennessee Technological University is a fairly large school located in Cookeville, Tennessee that handed out 60 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Tennessee Technological University is $15,929 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng 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 full report on Civil Engineering at Tennessee Technological University
Georgia Southern University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Statesboro, Georgia, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Georgia Southern University is $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students.
University of Florida did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 145 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.
University of Central Florida ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 127 bachelors’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.
UCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Florida is $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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.
West Virginia University Institute of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. West Virginia University Tech is located in Beckley, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.
West Virginia University Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #24 on our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,569 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students per year to attend West Virginia University Institute of Technology.
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With a ranking of #10, University of New Orleans did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of New Orleans is a medium-sized school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 39 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of New Orleans is $11,193 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students.
Louisiana Tech University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Louisiana Tech University is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 27 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Louisiana Tech University is $12,084 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students.
University of North Florida did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. UNF is a fairly large public school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 48 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $9,606 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students per year to attend UNF.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #13, Kennesaw State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. 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 civil eng students per year to attend KSU Georgia.
North Carolina A & T State University landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s civil eng degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend North Carolina A & T State University is $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for A-State is $13,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Florida A&M University is $15,060 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Virginia Tech ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 189 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
Virginia Tech also made our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $21,198 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng 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 student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Florida Atlantic University landed the #18 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. FAU is a large public school situated in Boca Raton, Florida. It awarded 50 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,186 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students per year to attend Florida Atlantic University.
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. UNC Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 88 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte is $16,529 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
University of Memphis did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #20. UofM is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 29 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UofM is $13,248 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students.
Jackson State University landed the #21 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Jackson State is a public institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Jackson State is $14,484 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students.
Mississippi State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 90 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.
Mississippi State also took the #25 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,173 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students per year to attend Mississippi State.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
North Carolina State University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 121 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students list, NC State has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NC State is $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil eng students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
West Virginia University landed the #24 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. WVU is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 88 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #22 on our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $12,983 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students per year to attend WVU.
Read more about Civil Engineering at West Virginia University
The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this fairly large public school handed out 41 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,952 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students per year to attend The University of Tennessee - 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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