2023 Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid
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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 AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural Engineering is the 204th most popular major in the country with 1,472 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,068 and had an average of $23,086 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 271 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,469 and $23,997 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree 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 in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 8 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s AE degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $5,135 for southeast region ae students with aid per year to attend University of Florida.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UF Agricultural Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s AE degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $16,411 for southeast region ae students with aid.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Carolina State University Agricultural Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 95 ’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.
Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $21,301 for Southeast Region AE students with aid.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, 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%.
Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Virginia Tech
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified ’s AE students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region ae students with aid list, UGA has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $14,257 for Southeast Region AE students with aid.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at University of Georgia
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. NC A&T is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
NC A&T also took the #8 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina A & T State University is $10,563 for southeast region ae students with aid.
Full North Carolina A & T State University Agricultural Engineering Report
Clemson University did quite well in the 2023 Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 21 ’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.
Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Clemson University is $21,262 for southeast region ae students with aid.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Clemson Agricultural Engineering Report
University of Kentucky came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 ’s AE degrees to qualified students.
UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Kentucky is $18,203 for southeast region ae students with aid.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of Kentucky
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in the 2023 Best Value AE Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. UT Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UT Knoxville also took the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is $18,579 for southeast region ae students with aid.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad 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%.
Read more about Agricultural Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
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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.
