2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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 EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Electrical Engineering is the 26th most popular major in the country with 29,892 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 5,015 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,180 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 66 colleges that offered a degree in electrical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical 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 EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 116 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,355 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend USF Tampa.
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%. 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 Electrical Engineering at University of South Florida - Main Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Georgia Southern University is a public institution located in Statesboro, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 81 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend GaSou is $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Georgia Southern University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Ruston, Louisiana, this fairly large public school awarded 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana Tech University is $12,084 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Cookeville, Tennessee, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
Tennessee Tech University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #25 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $15,929 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend Tennessee Technological University.
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%.
Full Tennessee Technological University Electrical Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Western Carolina University is a fairly large school located in Cullowhee, North Carolina that handed out 18 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend WCU is $13,722 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Western Carolina University
Florida State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,789 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend Florida State.
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%.
University of South Alabama came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this fairly large public school handed out 39 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of South Alabama is $15,501 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
Full University of South Alabama Electrical Engineering Report
With a ranking of #8, Florida International University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 117 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend FIU is $7,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee 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.
University of Central Florida came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 116 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
UCF also took the #11 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend University of Central Florida.
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 4.2% 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%.
Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Central Florida
Arkansas Tech University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. This fairly large school is located in Russellville, Arkansas, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Arkansas Tech University is $10,772 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at Arkansas Tech University
Harding University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Harding University is a small school located in Searcy, Arkansas that handed out 6 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Harding is $19,375 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #12, University of Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 130 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students list, UF has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend University of Florida.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #13, University of New Orleans did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of New Orleans is $11,193 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
With a ranking of #14, University of North Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UNF is a fairly large public school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 46 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of North Florida is $9,606 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
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%.
Full University of North Florida Electrical Engineering Report
West Virginia University Institute of Technology came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Beckley, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend West Virginia University Institute of Technology is $10,569 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
Read full report on Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University Institute of Technology
With a ranking of #16, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Florida A&M University is a medium-sized school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 3 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is $15,060 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Arkansas State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for A-State is $13,406 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
Full Arkansas State University - Main Campus Electrical Engineering Report
North Carolina A & T State University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend North Carolina A & T State University.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University
The University of West Florida came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Pensacola, Florida, this fairly large public school awarded 54 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for The University of West Florida is $7,406 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
With a ranking of #20, University of Memphis did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UofM is a large public school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 22 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UofM is $13,248 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
Kennesaw State University landed the #21 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE 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 89 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend KSU Georgia is $17,221 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
With a ranking of #22, Mississippi State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 64 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #22 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State University is $16,173 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at Mississippi State University
University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #23. UAB is a large public school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 37 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham is $16,953 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
North Carolina State University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. NC State is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 156 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
NC State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina State University is $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full North Carolina State University Electrical Engineering Report
Virginia Tech landed the #25 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 133 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend Virginia Tech.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.
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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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- *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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