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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
125 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological/Biosystems Engineering is the 649th most popular major in the country with 365 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 134 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 125 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological/biosystems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biological/biosystems engineering 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 biological/biosystems engineering 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 Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological/Biosystems Engineering students per year to attend University of Florida.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Full UF Biological/Biosystems Engineering Report

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#3 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 Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school awarded 48 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Georgia is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological/Biosystems Engineering students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Georgia Biological/Biosystems Engineering Report

#3

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school awarded 24 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering students in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,381 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students per year to attend UARK.

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

Full University of Arkansas Biological/Biosystems Engineering Report

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering students in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Auburn University is $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biological/Biosystems Engineering at Auburn University

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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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