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2022 Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
389 Degrees Awarded
$11,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,536 people earned their degree in general applied mathematics, making the major the 162nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 509 general applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 389 general applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general applied mathematics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general applied mathematics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general applied mathematics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree general applied math students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Applied Mathematics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 128 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general applied math students in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $4,026 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNC Chapel Hill.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.

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#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. Emory University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 31 bachelors’s general applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Emory is $11,468 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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#3

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 36 bachelors’s general applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree general applied math students whose families make $0-$30k list, NC State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NC State is $7,285 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general applied math students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Aiken. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Aiken, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general applied math degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofSC Aiken, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UofSC Aiken.

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#5

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s general applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree general applied math students whose families make $0-$30k list, Auburn has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn is $18,394 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general applied math students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%.

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#6

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

Kennesaw State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. KSU Georgia is a public institution located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend KSU Georgia is $13,975 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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