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2022 Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

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179 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Agricultural Engineering is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 1,564 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,175 and had an average of $22,449 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 242 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,275 and $24,366 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 Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UGA is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees 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 $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make more than $110k.

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 full report on Agricultural Engineering at University of Georgia

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. North Carolina State University is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 49 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make more than $110k list, NC State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend North Carolina State University.

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%. 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 NC State

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Virginia Tech.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2019-2020.

NC A&T did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend North Carolina A & T State University.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University

#5

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson is $20,008 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make more than $110k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Clemson University

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida A&M University, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida A&M University is $15,060 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make more than $110k.

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

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

University of Kentucky landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. UK is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UK is $17,127 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make more than $110k.

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

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of Kentucky

#5 in overall quality

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #8. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make more than $110k list, UT Knoxville has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Knoxville is $18,825 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at UT Knoxville

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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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