by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural Public Services is the 250th most popular major in the country with 845 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,132 and had an average of $18,854 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 209 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,639 and $18,928 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 123 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural public services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agricultural public services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region. ABAC Tifton is located in Tifton, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region. UK is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Agricultural Public Services at University of Kentucky
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of Arkansas Agricultural Public Services Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 22 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad 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 full report on Agricultural Public Services at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region. Louisiana State University is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Louisiana State University Agricultural Public Services Report
University of Georgia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at University of Georgia
University of Mount Olive landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mount Olive, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
North Carolina State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. North Carolina State University is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 2 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full North Carolina State University Agricultural Public Services Report
With a ranking of #9, Auburn University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 92%.
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