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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in the Southeast Region

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking.

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” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural production programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural production program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

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

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State is $16,173 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Mississippi State

#2

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Eastern Kentucky University is located in Richmond, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

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.

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#3

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mount Olive. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. UMO is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mount Olive, North Carolina. It awarded 10 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees 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. It costs about $16,437 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students per year to attend University of Mount Olive.

Read more about Agricultural Production at University of Mount Olive

#4

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural production students in 2019-2020.

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. It costs about $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students per year to attend NC State.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at North Carolina State University

#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. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 7 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Auburn is $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Auburn University Agricultural Production Report

#6

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

University of Kentucky came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Kentucky is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 80 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UK is $17,127 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students.

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

Read more about Agricultural Production at UK

#7

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

Clemson University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and 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. The yearly cost to attend Clemson University is $20,008 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.

Read more about 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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