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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
179 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree 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 Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

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 Getting Aid. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend NC State is $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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 full report on Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University

#2

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #2 spot on the list. NC A&T is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s AE degrees to qualified students.

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. It costs about $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid per year to attend NC A&T.

Full NC A&T Agricultural Engineering Report

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Georgia 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Georgia is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

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

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of Georgia

#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 54 degrees to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 with aid per year to attend Virginia Tech.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Virginia Tech

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #5 spot on the 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 also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Florida A&M University is $15,060 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid.

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

Full Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Agricultural Engineering Report

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

Clemson University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s AE 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 $20,008 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid per year to attend Clemson University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.

Full Clemson Agricultural Engineering Report

#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

University of Kentucky ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 24 bachelors’s AE 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 with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Kentucky Agricultural Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also took the #5 spot 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 with aid.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at The University of Tennessee - 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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