2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 5,130 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,427 and $24,003 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,206 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 looked at 66 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical 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 EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Southeast Region
Out of the 66 schools in the Best Value EE 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. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 116 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
USF Tampa also took the #13 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for USF Tampa is $8,355 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Out of the 66 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Statesboro, Georgia, this large public school awarded 81 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Georgia Southern University is $15,536 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
Read more about 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. Louisiana Tech University is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 35 bachelors’s EE degrees 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. Cookeville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 60 students in 2019-2020.
Tennessee Tech University also took the #25 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tennessee Technological University is $15,929 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee 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%.
Full Tennessee Technological University Electrical Engineering Report
Out of the 66 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, and it awarded 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.
Full Western Carolina University Electrical Engineering Report
Florida State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school awarded 49 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
Florida State also took the #10 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Florida State University is $9,789 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
University of South Alabama ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. USA is a fairly large public school situated in Mobile, Alabama. It awarded 39 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for USA is $15,501 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
Florida International University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 117 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $7,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend Florida International University.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Florida International University Electrical Engineering Report
With a ranking of #9, University of Central Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Central Florida is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 135 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UCF is $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Arkansas Tech University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for ATU is $10,772 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
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.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Florida came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Florida 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.
UF also took the #5 spot 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 UF.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
University of New Orleans ranked #13 on this year’s 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 yearly cost to attend UNO is $11,193 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at University of New Orleans
University of North Florida did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. University of North Florida is a fairly large school located in Jacksonville, Florida that handed out 46 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UNF is $9,606 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
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%.
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. West Virginia University Institute of Technology is a small school located in Beckley, West Virginia that handed out 7 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,569 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend West Virginia University Institute of Technology.
Full West Virginia University Tech Electrical Engineering Report
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Florida A&M 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.
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 yearly cost to attend 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 came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. North Carolina A & T State University is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for NC A&T is $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
The University of West Florida ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. 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.
University of Memphis did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #20. This large school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of Memphis is $13,248 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
Kennesaw State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #21. Located in Kennesaw, Georgia, this large public school awarded 89 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Kennesaw State University is $17,221 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students.
Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Kennesaw State University
Mississippi State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.
Mississippi State also took the #22 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State is $16,173 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 Mississippi State
University of Alabama at Birmingham ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 37 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,953 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend UAB.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham
With a ranking of #24, North Carolina State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 156 students in 2019-2020.
NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina State University is $16,458 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 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University
Virginia Tech did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 133 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.
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. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree EE students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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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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- 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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