2023 Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$21,300
Avg Net Price*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Packaging Science is the 627th most popular major in the country with 420 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 120 packaging science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in packaging science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great packaging science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the packaging science 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Packaging Science in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s packaging science degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $21,301 for southeast region packaging science students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Virginia Tech Packaging Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region list. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 75 ’s packaging science degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region packaging science students list, Clemson has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Clemson University is $21,262 for southeast region packaging science students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Clemson Packaging Science Report
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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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