2022 Best Value Surveying Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Surveying Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Surveying Technology/Surveying is the 615th most popular major in the country with 792 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 263 surveying technology/surveying graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 surveying technology/surveying graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Surveying Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in surveying technology/surveying. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great surveying technology/surveying programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the surveying technology/surveying 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 Surveying Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree surveying students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Surveying Technology/Surveying (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$1,994 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Surveying Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Florida is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 14 bachelors’s surveying degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree surveying students whose families make $0-$30k list, UF has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Surveying Technology/Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $1,994 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Surveying students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Florida.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UF Surveying Technology/Surveying Report

#2

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana

#3 in overall quality

$9,968 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Surveying Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Thibodaux, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s surveying degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Nicholls State University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Surveying Technology/Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nicholls State University is $9,968 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Surveying students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Surveying Technology/Surveying at Nicholls State University

#3

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$10,632 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Surveying Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s surveying students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ETSU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Surveying Technology/Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend East Tennessee State University is $10,632 for southeast region bachelor’s degree surveying students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Surveying Technology/Surveying at East Tennessee State University

#4

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$13,975 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Surveying Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. KSU Georgia is a public institution located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree surveying students whose families make $0-$30k list, KSU Georgia has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Surveying Technology/Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,975 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Surveying students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend KSU Georgia.

Read full report on Surveying Technology/Surveying at KSU Georgia

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Surveying Technology/Surveying (Income $0-$30k)

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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