2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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General Chemistry is the 38th most popular major in the country with 20,841 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4,971 general chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,951 general chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 83 colleges that offered a degree in general chemistry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general chemistry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general chemistry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Chemistry in the Southeast Region
Out of the 83 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 42 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,722 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students per year to attend WCU.
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Out of the 83 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 14 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,923 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students per year to attend Southern Miss.
Read full report on General Chemistry at University of Southern Mississippi
Out of the 83 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dalton State College landed the #3 spot on the list. DSC is a public institution located in Dalton, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Dalton State College is $6,543 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Alabama. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Florence, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNA, the school also landed the #20 spot in our “Best General Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,130 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students per year to attend University of North Alabama.
Out of the 83 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Georgia Southern University is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Georgia Southern University is $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
Kennesaw State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Kennesaw State University is a large school located in Kennesaw, Georgia that handed out 45 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
KSU Georgia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best General Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend KSU Georgia is $17,221 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
Read more about General Chemistry at Kennesaw State University
University of Memphis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 43 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,248 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students per year to attend UofM.
University of North Georgia ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Dahlonega, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chemistry degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of North Georgia is $10,396 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
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With a ranking of #9, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small school located in Magnolia, Arkansas that handed out 14 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is $14,270 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
Read more about General Chemistry at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
West Virginia University Institute of Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. West Virginia University Institute of Technology is a small school located in Beckley, West Virginia that handed out 1 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,569 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students per year to attend West Virginia University Tech.
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University of North Florida did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. UNF is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend UNF is $9,606 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of West Georgia ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of West Georgia is a public institution located in Carrollton, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of West Georgia is $16,124 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
East Carolina University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 65 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.
ECU also took the #14 spot in our “Best General Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ECU is $15,844 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $8,355 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students per year to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus.
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%.
Read full report on General Chemistry at University of South Florida - Main Campus
With a ranking of #15, Florida Atlantic University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this large public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for FAU is $10,186 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
Appalachian State University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Boone, North Carolina, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,920 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students per year to attend Appalachian State University.
The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Chemistry at Appalachian State University
Florida State University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida State is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 27 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Florida State is $9,789 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
With a ranking of #18, University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Wilmington, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chemistry degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UNCW is $19,055 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Augusta University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Augusta University is located in Augusta, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
Augusta University also took the #17 spot in our “Best General Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Augusta University is $11,136 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
Tennessee Technological University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Tennessee Tech University is a public institution located in Cookeville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Tennessee Technological University is $15,929 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
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%.
Read more about General Chemistry at Tennessee Tech University
University of Alabama in Huntsville came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Huntsville, Alabama, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
UAH also made our “Best General Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #24. The yearly cost to attend UAH is $15,860 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,529 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students per year to attend UNC Charlotte.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of New Orleans landed the #23 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of New Orleans is a public institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of New Orleans is $11,193 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
Florida International University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 107 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for FIU is $7,296 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #25, Northern Kentucky University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Northern Kentucky University is $9,049 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
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- 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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