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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

42 Colleges
$21,490 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,738 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

General Engineering is the #80 most popular major in the country with 11,796 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 42 schools in the Southeast Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering 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 General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Engineering Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Engineering Schools

Our analysis found Wake Technical Community College to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southeast Region . Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Raleigh.

Wake Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,912 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that engineering majors at Wake Technical Community College take out is $8,000.

In addition to its great value ranking, Wake Technical Community College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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$8,367 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Carolina University is a great value for general engineering students. WCU is a large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCU are $8,367 per year. The average amount in student loans that engineering majors at WCU take out is $25,600.

Full General Engineering at Western Carolina University Report

$16,806 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the town of Ruston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech are $16,806 a year.

Full General Engineering at Louisiana Tech University Report

$9,445 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Jackson State University is a great value for general engineering students. Located in the midsize city of Jackson, Jackson State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Jackson State are $9,445 per year.

Full General Engineering at Jackson State University Report

#5

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a very large student population.

UARK undergraduate students pay an average of $26,390 in tuition and fees each year.

UARK also claimed a spot on our Best General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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$20,400 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Alabama at Birmingham ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UAB are $20,400 a year.

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$12,698 Average Tuition & Fees

Arkansas State University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

A-State undergraduate students pay an average of $12,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA
$16,418 Average Tuition & Fees

McNeese State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, McNeese is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at McNeese are $16,418 per year. Engineering majors at McNeese take out an average of $23,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full General Engineering at McNeese State University Report

Tennessee Technological University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Tennessee Tech University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Cookeville.

Tennessee Tech University undergraduate students pay an average of $19,834 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Tennessee Tech University also did well on our Best General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full General Engineering at Tennessee Technological University Report

#10

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN
$14,088 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Memphis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for general engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a very large student population.

UofM undergraduate students pay an average of $14,088 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of Memphis

Best General Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 170
Virginia 647
North Carolina 660
Florida 18
Tennessee 134
Kentucky 0
South Carolina 10
Louisiana 168
Arkansas 173
Alabama 225
Mississippi 264
West Virginia 84

General Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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