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

8 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$15,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 823 people earned their degree in agricultural public services, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,100 and had an average of $18,733 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 205 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,000 and $19,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural public services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural public services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural public services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services in the Southeast Region

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Tifton, Georgia, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

ABAC Tifton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ABAC Tifton is $6,933 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

Full ABAC Tifton Agricultural Public Services Report

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 Public Services at UGA

#3

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina State University is $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full North Carolina State University Agricultural Public Services Report

#4

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students list, UARK has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,381 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend UARK.

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 University of Arkansas Agricultural Public Services Report

#5

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mount Olive. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UMO is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMO, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services 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 Public Services students.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at University of Mount Olive

#5 in overall quality

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana State University is $15,465 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at Louisiana State University

#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

With a ranking of #7, University of Kentucky did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Kentucky is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 39 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend University of Kentucky is $17,127 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UK Agricultural Public Services Report

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 14 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Knoxville is $18,825 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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