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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
179 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agricultural Engineering is the 330th most popular major in the country with 1,564 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 242 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 179 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural engineering 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 AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 49 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $7,285 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend North Carolina State University.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at NC State

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $7,541 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k.

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 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of Georgia

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 54 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $11,138 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Virginia Tech.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Virginia Tech

#4

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,698 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Clemson.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Clemson University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $10,224 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Agricultural Engineering Report

#6

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

North Carolina A & T State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. NC A&T is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 7 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

NC A&T not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina A & T State University is $7,493 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full NC A&T Agricultural Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Florida A&M University is a medium-sized public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 8 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida A&M University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Florida A&M University is $13,139 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Agricultural Engineering Report

#8

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

University of Kentucky ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 24 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $11,848 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UK.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at University of Kentucky

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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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