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2022 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Biological Engineering is the 288th most popular major in the country with 365 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biological engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,933 and had an average of $20,950 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 134 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,900 and $20,261 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 125 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in biological engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological 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 biological engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological engineering students in 2019-2020.

UF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Engineering students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 48 bachelors’s biological engineering degrees to qualified students.

UGA also took the #3 spot in our “Best Biological Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UGA is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Engineering students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

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#3

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

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 Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Arkansas is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 24 bachelors’s biological engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree biological engineering students with aid list, UARK has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Biological Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas is $16,381 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological engineering students with aid.

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 University of Arkansas Biological Engineering Report

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biological Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #4 spot on the list. Auburn is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 30 bachelors’s biological engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also made our “Best Biological Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn is $24,104 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Engineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read full report on Biological Engineering at Auburn

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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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