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2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

43 Ranked Colleges
5,221 Degrees Awarded
$13,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations 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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agriculture & Agriculture Operations is the 23rd most popular major in the country with 51,300 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agriculture and agriculture operations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,886 and had an average of $19,085 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 11,104 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,582 and $20,684 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5,221 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 43 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agriculture and agriculture operations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agriculture and agriculture operations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Southeast Region

#19 in overall quality

Out of the 43 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Tifton, Georgia, and it awarded 157 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

ABAC Tifton also took the #19 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is $6,933 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

Full ABAC Tifton Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#16 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Martin. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. The University of Tennessee - Martin is a public institution located in Martin, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 208 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Martin also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #16. It costs about $10,955 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students per year to attend UT Martin.

Full The University of Tennessee - Martin Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#3

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, Louisiana
#15 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McNeese State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

McNeese not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for McNeese State University is $12,267 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

Full McNeese State University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#4

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 43 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Technological University landed the #4 spot on the list. Tennessee Technological University is a fairly large public school situated in Cookeville, Tennessee. It awarded 59 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Tennessee Tech University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tennessee Technological University is $15,929 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Tennessee Technological University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#5

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky
#14 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Murray, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 230 students in 2019-2020.

Murray State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $11,390 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students per year to attend Murray State University.

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#25 in overall quality

Arkansas State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. A-State is a fairly large school located in Jonesboro, Arkansas that handed out 107 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

A-State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #25 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $13,406 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

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#7

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

University of Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 396 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UF is $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students.

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.

Full UF Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#8

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, Mississippi

Alcorn State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

The yearly cost to attend Alcorn State is $14,836 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

Full Alcorn State University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#9

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina
#17 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Appalachian State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Appalachian State is a large school located in Boone, North Carolina that handed out 18 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students list, Appalachian State has also earned the #17 rank in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State is $13,920 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations 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 student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

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#10

Warner University

Lake Wales, Florida
#9 in overall quality

Warner University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Warner University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lake Wales, Florida. It awarded 15 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Warner University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,159 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students per year to attend Warner University.

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Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small school located in Magnolia, Arkansas that handed out 26 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

It costs about $14,270 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students per year to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus.

Full Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#12

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky
#23 in overall quality

Eastern Kentucky University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Eastern is a public institution located in Richmond, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern also took the #23 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern is $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

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#13

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#11 in overall quality

Mississippi State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 264 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,173 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students per year to attend Mississippi State University.

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

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#14

Morehead State University

Morehead, Kentucky

Morehead State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Morehead, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school awarded 76 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

It costs about $12,421 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students per year to attend Morehead State University.

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#15

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

North Carolina State University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations 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 444 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations 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 student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#16

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana

Louisiana Tech University landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Louisiana Tech University is located in Ruston, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 57 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

The yearly cost to attend Louisiana Tech University is $12,084 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students.

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#17

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina

North Carolina A & T State University ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. North Carolina A & T State University is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 109 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The yearly cost to attend NC A&T is $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

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#18

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

Arkansas Tech University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. Russellville, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 48 students in 2019-2020.

The estimated yearly cost for Arkansas Tech University is $10,772 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

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#19

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

University of Georgia did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #19. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 246 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

UGA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations 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.

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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ranked #20 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

It costs about $15,060 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students per year to attend Florida A&M University.

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

Full Florida A&M University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#21

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

Virginia Tech ranked #21 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 317 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations 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 low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

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#21

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#8 in overall quality

University of Arkansas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #21. University of Arkansas is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 242 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UARK, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arkansas is $16,381 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students.

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

Full UARK Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#23

Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tennessee

Tennessee State University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

The yearly cost to attend Tennessee State University is $12,443 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

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#24

Midway University

Midway, Kentucky
#24 in overall quality

Midway University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Midway University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Midway, Kentucky. It awarded 22 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Midway also took the #24 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Midway University is $22,706 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students.

Full Midway University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#25

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina

With a ranking of #25, University of Mount Olive did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Mount Olive is a small school located in Mount Olive, North Carolina that handed out 30 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

It costs about $16,437 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students per year to attend University of Mount Olive.

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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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