2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance in the Southeast Region
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Insurance is the 333rd most popular major in the country with 1,811 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 797 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 766 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in insurance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality insurance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the insurance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance in the Southeast Region
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 126 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida State also made our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $9,789 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students per year to attend Florida State University.
The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Boone, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s insurance degrees to 78 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Appalachian State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Insurance 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 Insurance students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, 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 86%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Conway, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s insurance degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
UCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $15,376 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students per year to attend UCA.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 245 bachelors’s insurance degrees to qualified students.
UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend UGA.
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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. USF Tampa is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 7 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend USF Tampa is $8,355 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
University of Mississippi landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s insurance degrees to 48 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ole Miss, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,016 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students per year to attend University of Mississippi.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
University of Louisiana at Monroe came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Monroe, Louisiana, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students list, ULM has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe is $10,453 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
University of South Carolina - Columbia ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 122 bachelors’s insurance degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students list, UofSC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $20,509 for southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend UofSC.
The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Georgia State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
Georgia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Georgia State University is $13,953 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
Eastern Kentucky University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Eastern Kentucky University 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.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students list, Eastern has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,149 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students per year to attend Eastern.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
UL Lafayette also made our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for UL Lafayette is $12,487 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
Middle Tennessee State University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
Middle Tennessee State University also took the #8 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Middle Tennessee State University is $12,464 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.
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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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