2022 Best Value Technical and Scientific Communication 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. 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 Technical and Scientific Communication 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.

In 2019-2020, 171 people earned their degree in technical and scientific communication, making the major the 887th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 37 technical and scientific communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 technical and scientific communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Technical and Scientific Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in technical and scientific communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality technical and scientific communication 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 technical and scientific communication program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Technical and Scientific Communication 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 Technical and Scientific Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Technical & Scientific Communication (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$13,975 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Technical and Scientific Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. KSU Georgia is a large school located in Kennesaw, Georgia that handed out 5 bachelors’s technical and scientific communication degrees in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Technical & Scientific Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,975 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Technical and Scientific Communication students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Kennesaw State University.

Read more about Technical & Scientific Communication at KSU Georgia

#2

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$17,437 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercer University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Technical and Scientific Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Mercer is a private not-for-profit institution located in Macon, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mercer, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Technical & Scientific Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $17,437 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Technical and Scientific Communication students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Mercer University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 Mercer University Technical & Scientific Communication 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.

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