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2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
223 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,610 people earned their degree in agricultural production, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural production graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,100 and had an average of $16,942 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 903 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,125 and $19,184 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 223 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural production programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural production program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NC State is $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at NC State

#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 15 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,173 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students with aid per year to attend Mississippi State University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Mississippi State University Agricultural Production Report

#3

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Richmond, Kentucky, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Kentucky University is $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid.

Full Eastern Kentucky University Agricultural Production Report

#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 80 students in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UK is $17,127 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full University of Kentucky Agricultural Production Report

#5

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $24,104 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students with aid per year to attend Auburn.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at Auburn University

#6

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

University of Mount Olive did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Mount Olive, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural production students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMO, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMO is $16,437 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students with aid.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at University of Mount Olive

#7

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

With a ranking of #7, Clemson University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Clemson University is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 38 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $20,008 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid per year to attend Clemson.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at Clemson

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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