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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$24,000 Avg Salary
Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agricultural Public Services is the 251st most popular major in the country with 823 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,100 and had an average of $18,733 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 205 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,000 and $19,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural public services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural public services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural public services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 15 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Georgia is $14,748 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at UGA

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,084 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend NC State.

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

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at North Carolina State University

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is a small school located in Tifton, Georgia that handed out 10 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students whose families make $48-$75k list, ABAC Tifton has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ABAC Tifton is $8,632 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

#4

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $16,336 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UARK.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at UARK

#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Kentucky is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students whose families make $48-$75k list, UK has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UK is $15,733 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at UK

#5 in overall quality

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Louisiana State University is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana State University is $17,328 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full Louisiana State University Agricultural Public Services Report

#7

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

University of Mount Olive came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. University of Mount Olive is a small school located in Mount Olive, North Carolina that handed out 1 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UMO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Mount Olive is $16,869 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at University of Mount Olive

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 14 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for UT Knoxville is $23,211 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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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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