by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 11,796 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,586 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,738 and $21,037 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 560 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 27 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Polytechnic University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. Florida Poly is a small school located in Lakeland, Florida that handed out 9 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama in Huntsville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Huntsville, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 76 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Full University of Alabama in Huntsville General Engineering Report
Out of the 27 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #3 spot on the list. UAB is a large public school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 143 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Alabama at Birmingham General Engineering Report
Out of the 27 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the #4 spot on the list. Old Dominion University is located in Norfolk, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 81 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Engineering at Old Dominion University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 24 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Chattanooga, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
University of Arkansas ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 59 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southern University and A & M College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 9 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Engineering at Southern University and A & M College
With a ranking of #9, University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Lafayette, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Marshall University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, Jackson State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Jackson State is a public institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
McNeese State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking. McNeese is a medium-sized public school situated in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It awarded 7 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering at McNeese State University
Tennessee State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 6 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Vanderbilt is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 10 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Mississippi State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 10 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Engineering at Mississippi State
Georgia Southern University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Statesboro, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
North Carolina State University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full North Carolina State University General Engineering Report
With a ranking of #19, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 14 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Engineering at University of Georgia
University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #20. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 6 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Read more about General Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
With a ranking of #21, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. This fairly large school is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it awarded 3 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #23, Auburn University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 3 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #24, Florida Gulf Coast University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Gulf Coast University is a public institution located in Fort Myers, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of South Florida - Main Campus ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
West Virginia University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. West Virginia University is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 41 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Engineering at West Virginia University
The University of West Florida ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. The University of West Florida is located in Pensacola, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Full The University of West Florida General Engineering Report
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