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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Poultry Science in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
112 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Poultry Science 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. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Poultry Science is the 850th most popular major in the country with 162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 147 poultry science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 112 poultry science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in poultry science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent poultry science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the poultry science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Poultry Science in the Southeast Region

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s poultry science degrees to qualified students.

Mississippi State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State University is $16,173 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students.

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

Full Mississippi State Poultry Science Report

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. North Carolina State University is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Poultry Science at North Carolina State University

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s poultry science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree poultry science students per year to attend University of Georgia.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Georgia Poultry Science Report

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #4 spot on the list. Auburn is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree poultry science students list, Auburn has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $24,104 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students per year to attend Auburn University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Auburn Poultry Science Report

#5

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s poultry science students in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas is $16,381 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Poultry Science at UARK

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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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