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2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
370 Degrees Awarded
$12,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,604 people earned their degree in systems engineering, making the major the 164th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 807 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,200 and $29,872 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 370 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in systems engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent systems engineering 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 systems engineering 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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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 119 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Florida is $4,069 for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at UF

#2

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school handed out 126 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s systems engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Virginia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Virginia is $11,696 for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at University of Virginia

#3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 56 bachelors’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNC Charlotte is $12,223 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Systems Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. George Mason University is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

GMU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for GMU is $17,060 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Systems Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low 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%.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at GMU

#5

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Kennesaw State University is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KSU Georgia, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for KSU Georgia is $14,910 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Systems Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Systems Engineering at Kennesaw State University

University of Arkansas at Little Rock ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s systems engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, UA Little Rock has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UA Little Rock is $16,775 for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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.

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