2023 Best Value Colleges for Packaging Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Packaging Science is the 627th most popular major in the country with 420 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 120 packaging science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in packaging science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality packaging science 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 packaging science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Packaging Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 75 ’s packaging science degrees in 2020-2021.
Clemson also made our “Best Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,744 for Southeast Region Packaging Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Clemson.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read full report on Packaging Science at Clemson
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 ’s packaging science degrees to qualified students.
Virginia Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Packaging Science Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $11,934 for southeast region packaging science students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Packaging Science at Virginia Tech
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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
- *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.
