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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
179 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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 AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,564 people earned their degree in agricultural engineering, making the major the 330th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 242 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 179 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid per year to attend North Carolina State University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at NC State

#2

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. NC A&T is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NC A&T did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina A & T State University is $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at NC A&T

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2019-2020.

UGA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid per year to attend UGA.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UGA Agricultural Engineering Report

#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s AE degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $21,198 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Virginia Tech Agricultural Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid list, Florida A&M University has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,060 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid per year to attend Florida A&M University.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Florida A&M University Agricultural Engineering Report

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Clemson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson University is $20,008 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Clemson Agricultural Engineering Report

#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Kentucky did quite well on the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UK is $17,127 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at UK

#5 in overall quality

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is $18,825 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UT Knoxville Agricultural Engineering 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.

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