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2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

64 Colleges
$20,860 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,090 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Master's Degree School for You

With 198,468 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 64 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide the best value school in the Southeast Region for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daytona Beach.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Embry-Riddle Worldwide are $8,936 per year.

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Out of the 64 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the town of Ruston.

Louisiana Tech graduate students pay an average of $12,690 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Jackson State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Jackson, Jackson State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daytona Beach.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach graduate students pay an average of $20,310 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public college with a large student population.

A-State graduate students pay an average of $11,408 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

Out of the 64 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lipscomb University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

Lipscomb graduate students pay an average of $17,100 in tuition and fees each year.

Lipscomb excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#7

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Clemson also did well on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAB are $19,188 a year.

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#9

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UARK graduate students pay an average of $22,563 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UARK is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#10

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

With a ranking of #10, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 per year.

University of Virginia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Full Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus Report

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Engineering students in the Southeast Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Atlanta, GA
12 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC

Best Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 5,126
West Virginia 990
South Carolina 2,318
Florida 9,040
Virginia 5,181
Arkansas 1,082
Mississippi 1,512
Louisiana 1,832
Alabama 3,927
Kentucky 1,343
Georgia 5,301
Tennessee 2,281

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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