Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Engineering Science

Find Schools Near

2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
85 Degrees Awarded
$19,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Science 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 Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,800 and had an average of $20,111 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 168 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,700 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 85 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering science 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 engineering science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Engineering Science Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Engineering Science 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 engineering science students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 55 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Vanderbilt University is $19,432 for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering science students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Engineering Science at Vanderbilt University

Switch to a Similar Major

General Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Agricultural Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Biomedical Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Biomedical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Civil Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Electrical Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Engineering Physics
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Materials Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Metallurgical Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Marine Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Marine Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Ocean Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Systems Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Polymer & Plastics Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Industrial Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Surveying Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Surveying Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Robotics Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Robotics Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Biological Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

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

Chemical Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Computer Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Engineering Mechanics
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Environmental Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Mechanical Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Mining Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Nuclear Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Petroleum Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Textile Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Textile Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Construction Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Manufacturing Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Geoscience Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Biochemical Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Biochemical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Other Engineering
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Other Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Switch to a Different Ranking Method

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.

Credits

Featured Engineering Schools

Find Schools Near You