2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Studies in the Southeast Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 133,583 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general studies is the 5th most popular major in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 28,839 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4,509 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 58 colleges that offer a degree in general studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Studies in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 118 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2019-2020.
American Military University also made our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $10,222 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students per year to attend American Public University System.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. GaSou is a public institution located in Statesboro, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 190 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
GaSou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia Southern University is $15,536 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University at Parkersburg. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 63 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for West Virginia University at Parkersburg is $6,342 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
Full West Virginia University at Parkersburg General Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Potomac State College of West Virginia University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. WVU Potomac State College is a small school located in Keyser, West Virginia that handed out 21 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.
WVU Potomac State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #25 on our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend WVU Potomac State College is $8,635 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. A-State is a fairly large public school situated in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It awarded 172 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students list, A-State has also earned the #24 rank in our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $13,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
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McNeese State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 124 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students list, McNeese has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,267 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students per year to attend McNeese.
Harding University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Harding is a small school located in Searcy, Arkansas that handed out 46 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Harding not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Harding University is $19,375 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Henderson State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Henderson State University is $10,270 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
With a ranking of #9, University of Southern Mississippi did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 57 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Mississippi is $14,923 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students.
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With a ranking of #10, West Liberty University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in West Liberty, West Virginia, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students list, West Liberty University has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend West Liberty University is $13,793 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
University of North Georgia did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. This fairly large school is located in Dahlonega, Georgia, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.
UNG did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,396 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students per year to attend University of North Georgia.
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University of Memphis landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,248 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students per year to attend University of Memphis.
Louisiana State University - Alexandria landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Louisiana State University - Alexandria is a small public school situated in Alexandria, Louisiana. It awarded 61 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University - Alexandria is $8,413 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
Full Louisiana State University - Alexandria General Studies Report
With a ranking of #14, University of Arkansas at Monticello did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UAM is located in Monticello, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 83 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $12,136 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students per year to attend University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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With a ranking of #15, Southeastern Louisiana University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Southeastern Louisiana University is a fairly large public school situated in Hammond, Louisiana. It awarded 225 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Southeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $12,171 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students per year to attend Southeastern.
Louisiana Tech University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Ruston, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Louisiana Tech University is $12,084 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students.
Murray State University landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Murray, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general studies degrees to 112 students in 2019-2020.
Murray State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #20 on our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Murray State University is $11,390 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students.
West Virginia University Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. West Virginia University Tech is located in Beckley, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students list, West Virginia University Tech has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend West Virginia University Tech is $10,569 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
Full West Virginia University Institute of Technology General Studies Report
Shepherd University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #19. Shepherdstown, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general studies degrees to 85 students in 2019-2020.
Shepherd University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Shepherd University is $11,021 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
Mississippi University for Women did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #20. Located in Columbus, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Mississippi University for Women is $12,054 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
With a ranking of #21, Tennessee Technological University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Cookeville, Tennessee, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tennessee Tech University, the school also landed the #21 spot in our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,929 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students per year to attend Tennessee Tech University.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #22, University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 78 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
UAB also took the #9 spot in our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UAB is $16,953 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
West Virginia University landed the #23 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 271 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
WVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $12,983 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students per year to attend WVU.
Read full report on General Studies at West Virginia University
Northwestern State University of Louisiana did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. Natchitoches, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general studies degrees to 126 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NSU, the school also landed the #23 spot in our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NSU is $12,866 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Studies students.
Read full report on General Studies at Northwestern State University of Louisiana
University of Louisiana at Monroe ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value General Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Louisiana at Monroe is a public institution located in Monroe, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ULM, the school also landed the #22 spot in our “Best General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ULM is $10,453 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general studies students.
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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%.
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- *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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