2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Plant Science, General is the 514th most popular major in the country with 668 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 193 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the plant science, general 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 Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region.
Top 8 Best Value Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Southeast Region
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 in the Southeast Region. UF is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 61 ’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Plant Science, General Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UF is $5,135 for southeast region plant sciences students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Plant Science, General at University of Florida
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region. Clemson University is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 29 ’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Plant Science, General Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson is $21,262 for Southeast Region Plant Sciences students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 more about Plant Science, General at Clemson
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it awarded 20 ’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
A-State also took the #8 spot in our “Best Plant Science, General Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend A-State is $14,189 for southeast region plant sciences students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Plant Science, General at Arkansas State University - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region list. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s plant sciences degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
WVU also made our “Best Plant Science, General Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $13,355 for Southeast Region Plant Sciences students per year to attend West Virginia University.
Full WVU Plant Science, General Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 32 ’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Plant Science, General Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $18,579 for Southeast Region Plant Sciences students per year to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Plant Science, General at UT Knoxville
Tuskegee University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Tuskegee University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tuskegee, Alabama. It awarded 2 ’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Tuskegee not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Plant Science, General Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $36,528 for Southeast Region Plant Sciences students per year to attend Tuskegee.
Read full report on Plant Science, General at Tuskegee University
Middle Tennessee State University did quite well in the 2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified ’s plant sciences students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Middle Tennessee State University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Plant Science, General Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Middle Tennessee State University is $12,752 for southeast region plant sciences students.
Full Middle Tennessee State University Plant Science, General Report
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 18 ’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Plant Science, General Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is $17,811 for southeast region plant sciences students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read full report on Plant Science, General at Louisiana State University
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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
- *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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