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2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
137 Degrees Awarded
$13,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 715 people earned their degree in plant science, general, making the major the 490th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 169 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 137 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in plant science, general. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent plant science, general programs, but they also 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 plant science, general program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

UF also made our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students with aid per year to attend University of Florida.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Middle Tennessee State University is a public institution located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Middle Tennessee State University also made our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $12,464 for southeast region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students with aid per year to attend Middle Tennessee State University.

Read full report on Plant Science, General at Middle Tennessee State University

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. A-State is a fairly large school located in Jonesboro, Arkansas that handed out 33 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students with aid list, A-State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Plant Sciences students with aid per year to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus.

Read full report on Plant Science, General at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students with aid list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is $15,465 for southeast region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students with aid.

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 Plant Science, General at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for UT Knoxville is $18,825 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Plant Sciences students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Plant Science, General at UT Knoxville

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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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