2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Science & Theory in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Systems Theory Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 887 people earned their degree in systems science and theory, making the major the 462nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 191 systems science and theory graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 systems science and theory graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality systems science and theory 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 systems science and theory 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Systems Theory Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Systems Theory Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree systems theory students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Science & Theory in the Southeast Region

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$22,169 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Theory Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. JMU is a large public school situated in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It awarded 53 bachelors’s systems theory degrees in 2019-2020.

JMU also made our “Best Systems Science & Theory Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend James Madison University is $22,169 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Systems Theory students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 Systems Science & Theory at James Madison 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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