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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural public services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural public services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agricultural public services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The agricultural public services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agricultural public services degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476.

Full University of Georgia Agricultural Public Services Report

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,321 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 11 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at North Carolina State University

#3

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 26 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at UT Knoxville

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bob Nichols.

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