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

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141 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science 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 Agronomy and Crop Science 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.

Agronomy & Crop Science is the 393rd most popular major in the country with 1,192 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 231 agronomy and crop science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 141 agronomy and crop science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in agronomy and crop science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agronomy and crop science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agronomy and crop science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science 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 Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agronomy & Crop Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $15,084 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agronomy and Crop Science 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 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 full report on Agronomy & Crop Science at NC State

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $19,067 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agronomy and Crop Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Virginia Tech.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agronomy & Crop Science at Virginia Tech

#3

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agronomy and crop science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree agronomy and crop science students whose families make $48-$75k list, WVU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend WVU is $13,220 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agronomy and Crop Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full West Virginia University Agronomy & Crop Science Report

#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UK is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $15,733 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agronomy and Crop Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UK.

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

Full UK Agronomy & Crop Science Report

#5

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agronomy and Crop 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 #5 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arkansas is $16,336 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agronomy and Crop Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

Full UARK Agronomy & Crop Science Report

#6

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#5 in overall quality

Mississippi State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 26 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State is $18,007 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agronomy and Crop Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

Read full report on Agronomy & Crop Science at Mississippi State

#7

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#2 in overall quality

Auburn University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 27 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $24,079 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agronomy and crop science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Auburn University.

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 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Auburn University Agronomy & Crop Science Report

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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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