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2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Poultry Science is the 850th most popular major in the country with 162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 $48-$75k” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the poultry science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree poultry science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Poultry Science (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k. North Carolina State University is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NC State is $15,084 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about 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 $48-$75k. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $14,748 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

Read more about Poultry Science at UGA

#3

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $16,336 for southeast region bachelor’s degree poultry science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UARK.

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

Read more about Poultry Science at University of Arkansas

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #4 spot on the list. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 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. It costs about $24,079 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Auburn.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, 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 more about Poultry Science at Auburn

#5

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 21 bachelors’s poultry science degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,007 for southeast region bachelor’s degree poultry science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Mississippi State.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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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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