2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 365 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in systems engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality systems engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the systems engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree systems engineering students.
Top 11 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 111 diplomas to qualified masters’s systems engineering students in 2019-2020.
Embry-Riddle Worldwide did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Systems Engineering 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 Embry-Riddle Worldwide are $8,568.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 60 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Florida Tech is a medium-sized school located in Melbourne, Florida that handed out 31 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Systems Engineering 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 Florida Institute of Technology are $22,588.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 50 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 8 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
UA Little Rock did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA Little Rock are $14,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia Tech is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 35 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Georgia Tech also made our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Virginia Tech landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 11 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Kennesaw State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it awarded 8 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
KSU Georgia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Systems Engineering 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 Kennesaw State University are $21,174.
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Florida State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s systems engineering degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
Florida State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State University are $26,707, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Florida International University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s systems engineering students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree systems engineering students list, FIU has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida International University are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
George Mason University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 23 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
GMU also made our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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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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