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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,923 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,089 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

Computer Engineering is the #56 most popular major in Alabama with 292 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Alabama to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for CE students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for CE majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Auburn University the best value school in Alabama for computer engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Auburn are $11,826 a year. The average amount in student loans that CE majors at Auburn take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $22,445.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Auburn is ranked #3 for overall quality for CE in Alabama.

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#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at The University of Alabama helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer engineering schools in Alabama. UA is a very large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UA are $11,620 a year.

UA also made our Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of South Alabama is a great value for computer engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Mobile, USA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

USA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,756 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Computer Engineering at University of South Alabama Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Alabama in Huntsville helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer engineering schools in Alabama. UAH is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Huntsville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAH are $11,488 per year. CE majors at UAH take out an average of $27,490 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Best Value Computer Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 359
Virginia 533
North Carolina 511
Florida 944
Tennessee 100
Kentucky 162
South Carolina 157
Louisiana 26
Arkansas 45
Mississippi 69
West Virginia 42

One of 40 majors within the area of study, computer engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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