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2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
137 Degrees Awarded
$13,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

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 Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 715 people earned their degree in plant science, general, making the major the 490th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 169 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 137 plant science, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in plant science, general. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent plant science, general programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the plant science, general program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Plant Science, General in the Southeast Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this fairly large public school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s plant sciences students in 2019-2020.

A-State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Plant Sciences students per year to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus.

Full Arkansas State University - Main Campus Plant Science, General Report

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Florida is $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also made our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University is $15,465 for southeast region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Plant Science, General Report

#4

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middle Tennessee State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Middle Tennessee State University is a large school located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee that handed out 15 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Middle Tennessee State University also made our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Middle Tennessee State University is $12,464 for southeast region bachelor’s degree plant sciences students.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Plant Science, General Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Plant Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s plant sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Plant Science, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $18,825 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Plant Sciences students per year to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read full report on Plant Science, General 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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