2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Insurance is the 206th most popular major in the country with 1,811 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, insurance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $57,694 and had an average of $23,336 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 797 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,650 and $21,704 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 766 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in insurance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality insurance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the insurance 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 Insurance 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 Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Florida State is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 126 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida State also made our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Florida State University is $5,360 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 245 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UGA is $7,541 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students whose families make $0-$30k.
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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
USF Tampa also made our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for USF Tampa is $3,950 for southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Appalachian State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Boone, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 78 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $0-$30k list, Appalachian State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State University is $7,169 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 48 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
Ole Miss also took the #5 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,455 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ole Miss.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
University of South Carolina - Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 122 degrees to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
UofSC also made our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend UofSC is $12,426 for southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $0-$30k.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Middle Tennessee State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
Middle Tennessee State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Middle Tennessee State University is $8,919 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students whose families make $0-$30k.
University of Louisiana at Monroe landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. ULM is a public institution located in Monroe, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $0-$30k list, ULM has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,434 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s insurance students in 2019-2020.
UL Lafayette also took the #11 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,621 for southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UL Lafayette.
Georgia State University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Georgia State is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 43 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
Georgia State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia State University is $11,991 for southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $0-$30k.
Eastern Kentucky University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Eastern Kentucky University is a fairly large public school situated in Richmond, Kentucky. It awarded 40 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Kentucky University is $12,397 for southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $0-$30k.
University of Central Arkansas landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Conway, Arkansas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $0-$30k list, UCA has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Arkansas is $13,549 for southeast region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $0-$30k.
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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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