2023 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
151
Degrees Awarded
$15,500
Avg Net Price*
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 Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,214 people earned their degree in natural sciences, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,745 and had an average of $18,648 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 151 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,445 and $24,105 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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 natural sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region. American Public University System is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 32 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at American Military University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend American Military University is $10,563 for Southeast Region Natural Sciences students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
Read full report on Natural Sciences at American Military University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region list. VCU is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
VCU also made our “Best Natural Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $20,490 for Southeast Region Natural Sciences students per year to attend Virginia Commonwealth University.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Read full report on Natural Sciences at VCU
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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
- *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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