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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forest Sciences & Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$15,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Forest Sciences & Biology is the 634th most popular major in the country with 389 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 182 forest sciences and biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 106 forest sciences and biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in forest sciences and biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forest sciences and biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the forest sciences and biology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology 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 forest sciences and biology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forest Sciences & Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 48 bachelors’s forest sciences and biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also made our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State University is $13,986 for southeast region bachelor’s degree forest sciences and biology students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

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#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s forest sciences and biology degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $11,848 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Forest Sciences and Biology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Kentucky.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 39 bachelors’s forest sciences and biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $18,394 for southeast region bachelor’s degree forest sciences and biology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Auburn University.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read full report on Forest Sciences & Biology at Auburn University

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sewanee - The University of the South landed the #4 spot on the list. Sewanee is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sewanee, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Sewanee did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Sewanee - The University of the South is $17,277 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Forest Sciences and Biology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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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