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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$15,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 823 people earned their degree in agricultural public services, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States. 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural public services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural public services programs, but they also 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 agricultural public services program at the school. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students with aid per year to attend NC State.

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

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at NC State

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at UGA

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tifton, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students with aid 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 yearly cost to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is $6,933 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students with aid.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

#4

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Arkansas is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 26 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,381 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students with aid per year to attend UARK.

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

Full University of Arkansas Agricultural Public Services Report

#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 Getting Aid. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $17,127 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students with aid per year to attend University of Kentucky.

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

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at University of Kentucky

#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 8 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University is $15,465 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students with aid.

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 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#7

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

University of Mount Olive ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UMO is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

UMO also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for University of Mount Olive is $16,437 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students with aid.

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at UMO

With a ranking of #8, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 14 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,825 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students with aid per year to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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 full report on 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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