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2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
112 Degrees Awarded
$11,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 162 people earned their degree in poultry science, making the major the 850th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 147 poultry science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 112 poultry science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in poultry science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality poultry science 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 poultry science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Poultry Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#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 Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s poultry science degrees to qualified students.

NC State also made our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina State University is $7,285 for southeast region bachelor’s degree poultry science students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

Read full report on Poultry Science at North Carolina State University

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s poultry science degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $7,541 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Georgia.

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 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%.

Full University of Georgia Poultry Science Report

#3

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Auburn University is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 18 bachelors’s poultry science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Auburn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Auburn is $18,394 for southeast region bachelor’s degree poultry science students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Poultry Science at Auburn

#4

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s poultry science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree poultry science students whose families make $0-$30k list, UARK has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,094 for southeast region bachelor’s degree poultry science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Arkansas.

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

Full UARK Poultry Science Report

#5

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s poultry science degrees to qualified students.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,986 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Mississippi State University.

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

Read more about Poultry Science at Mississippi State University

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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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