2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Science is the 208th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering science programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree engineering science students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Southeast Region

#1

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

#3 in overall quality

$13,678 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. UNO is a medium-sized school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 18 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Orleans are $13,678.

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#2

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$65,387 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Mississippi is located in University, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 masters’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ole Miss, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099.

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#3

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #3 spot on the list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 5 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970.

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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

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

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