2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 3,332 people earned their degree in agriculture, making the major the 188th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 842 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 665 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 19 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agriculture programs and cost less that 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 agriculture program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Top 19 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Martin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. The University of Tennessee - Martin is a public institution located in Martin, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 138 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Martin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Tennessee - Martin is $10,955 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
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Out of the 19 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, McNeese State University landed the #2 spot on the list. McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 60 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
McNeese also took the #8 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend McNeese is $12,267 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee Technological University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Tennessee Technological University is a public institution located in Cookeville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Tennessee Tech University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tennessee Technological University is $15,929 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Agriculture at Tennessee Technological University
Out of the 19 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Warner University landed the #4 spot on the list. Warner University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lake Wales, Florida. It awarded 15 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
Warner University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,159 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students per year to attend Warner University.
Out of the 19 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morehead State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Morehead State University is a public institution located in Morehead, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Morehead State University also took the #15 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,421 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students per year to attend Morehead State University.
Alcorn State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
Alcorn State also made our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #18. It costs about $14,836 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students per year to attend Alcorn State University.
North Carolina A & T State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
NC A&T not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina A & T State University is $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida A&M University is a medium-sized school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 16 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida A&M University also took the #12 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Florida A&M University is $15,060 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
North Carolina State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
NC State also made our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for NC State is $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture 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 2.9% 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%.
Tennessee State University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Tennessee State University is a public institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Tennessee State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tennessee State University is $12,443 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Read full report on Agriculture at Tennessee State University
Virginia Tech did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 13 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students per year to attend Virginia Tech.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Georgia ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 7 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students list, UGA has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Georgia is $13,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture 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 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%.
With a ranking of #13, Austin Peay State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Clarksville, Tennessee, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
Austin Peay State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #17 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,692 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students per year to attend Austin Peay State University.
Kentucky State University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Frankfort, Kentucky, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
KY State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #19 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $7,076 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students per year to attend Kentucky State University.
Western Kentucky University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 74 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WKU, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Western Kentucky University is $11,962 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Auburn University landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Auburn University is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
Auburn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture students per year to attend Auburn.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Virginia State University landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Petersburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
Virginia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #16 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia State University is $16,970 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.
Ferrum College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. Ferrum College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ferrum, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ferrum College, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ferrum College is $22,159 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.
Berea College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Berea College is a small school located in Berea, Kentucky that handed out 13 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
Berea also made our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $5,184 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students per year to attend Berea College.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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%.
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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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