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

8 Ranked Colleges
179 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agricultural Engineering is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 1,564 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,175 and had an average of $22,449 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 242 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,275 and $24,366 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.

For this year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural engineering 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 AE 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 ae students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 49 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NC State is $7,285 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $7,541 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Georgia.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at UGA

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $11,138 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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#4

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #4 spot on the list. Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s AE degrees to qualified students.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Clemson is $13,698 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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.

Full Clemson Agricultural Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s AE degrees to qualified students.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is $10,224 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at UT Knoxville

#6

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

North Carolina A & T State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2019-2020.

NC A&T also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $7,493 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend NC A&T.

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#7 in overall quality

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. This medium-sized school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida A&M University, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,139 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Florida A&M University Agricultural Engineering Report

#8

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

University of Kentucky landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. UK is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 24 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UK is $11,848 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ae 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.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of Kentucky

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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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