2023 Best Value Colleges for Engineering Science in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
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Ranked Colleges
137
Degrees Awarded
$15,500
Avg Net Price*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,454 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 205th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $22,601 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 137 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region engineering science students with aid.
Top 4 Best Value Colleges for Engineering Science in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Ole Miss is a large school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 32 ’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
Ole Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ole Miss is $12,161 for Southeast Region Engineering Science students with aid.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read full report on Engineering Science at University of Mississippi
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UNO is a medium-sized public school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 23 ’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region engineering science students with aid list, UNO has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Orleans is $12,140 for Southeast Region Engineering Science students with aid.
Full University of New Orleans Engineering Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified ’s engineering science students in 2020-2021.
Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University is $17,811 for southeast region engineering science students with aid.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Louisiana State University Engineering Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 38 ’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,970 for Southeast Region Engineering Science students with aid per year to attend Vanderbilt University.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Engineering Science at Vanderbilt
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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
- *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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