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2022 Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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$25,725 Avg Salary
Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological & Physical Science is the 36th most popular major in the country with 29,162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,647 and had an average of $18,790 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,041 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,288 and $16,059 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 829 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in biological and physical science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biological and physical science 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 biological and physical science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 391 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU also made our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Florida International University is $10,298 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological science students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at FIU

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. USF Tampa is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 10 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa also took the #5 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus is $9,809 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of South Florida - Main Campus Biological & Physical Science Report

#3

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Boca Raton, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological science degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

FAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Florida Atlantic University is $11,786 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full FAU Biological & Physical Science Report

#4

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 106 bachelors’s biological science degrees to qualified students.

UGA also made our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,748 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Georgia.

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

Read more about Biological & Physical Science at UGA

#5

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree biological science students whose families make $48-$75k list, Middle Tennessee State University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,822 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Middle Tennessee State University.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at Middle Tennessee State University

With a ranking of #6, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 69 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Commonwealth University is $20,868 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Virginia Commonwealth University Biological & Physical Science Report

#9 in overall quality

University of Arkansas at Monticello came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. University of Arkansas at Monticello is a small public school situated in Monticello, Arkansas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAM, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UAM is $13,201 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Biological & Physical Science at University of Arkansas at Monticello

#8

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#7 in overall quality

Mississippi State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #8. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 2 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also took the #7 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State is $18,007 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at Mississippi State University

#9

Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#8 in overall quality

Virginia Wesleyan University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. VWU is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s biological science degrees to qualified students.

VWU also took the #8 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Wesleyan University is $24,294 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Virginia Wesleyan University Biological & Physical Science Report

#10

University of West Alabama

Livingston, Alabama
#10 in overall quality

University of West Alabama ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Livingston, Alabama, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree biological science students whose families make $48-$75k list, University of West Alabama has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $17,948 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of West Alabama.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at University of West Alabama

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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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