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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Alabama

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$11,657 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,421 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

General Engineering is the #69 most popular major in Alabama with 225 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Engineering Schools in Alabama to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Alabama

Check out the engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality in General Engineering

$8,568 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Alabama at Birmingham to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Alabama. UAB is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham.

UAB undergraduate students pay an average of $8,568 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham Report

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL
$11,826 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Auburn is a very large public school located in the city of Auburn.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Auburn are $11,826 per year.

Auburn also made our Best General Engineering Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on General Engineering at Auburn University

$11,488 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama in Huntsville landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Huntsville, UAH is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UAH are $11,488 a year. Engineering majors at UAH take out an average of $26,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full General Engineering at University of Alabama in Huntsville Report

Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

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

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

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 3 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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