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

4 Ranked Colleges
125 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 365 people earned their degree in biological/biosystems engineering, making the major the 649th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 134 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 125 biological/biosystems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in biological/biosystems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biological/biosystems 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 biological/biosystems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological/Biosystems Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Florida is $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering 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 #2 spot on the list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 48 bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological/Biosystems Engineering students with aid.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Biological/Biosystems Engineering at University of Georgia

#3

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UARK, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,381 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological/Biosystems Engineering students with aid per year to attend University of Arkansas.

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

Read more about Biological/Biosystems Engineering at UARK

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biological/Biosystems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s biological/biosystems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn is $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree biological/biosystems engineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, 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 92%.

Read more about Biological/Biosystems Engineering at Auburn University

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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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