2024 Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
137Engineering Science Degrees Awarded
Engineering Science is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #205 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 137 degrees in engineering science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The engineering science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Science rankings. For our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Engineering Science Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Engineering Science in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of engineering science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Engineering Science
Vanderbilt University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in engineering science. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 38 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in engineering science needs to check out Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #271 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Louisiana State University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in engineering science has to check out University of Mississippi. Ole Miss is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of University. This university ranks 2nd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 32 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of New Orleans if you want to pursue a degree in engineering science. Located in the large city of New Orleans, UNO is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were about 23 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at UNO in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The engineering science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Science rankings. For our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
