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2022 Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$24,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in forest sciences and biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent forest sciences and biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the forest sciences and biology 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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Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Forest Sciences & Biology (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. Mississippi State University is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,558 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Forest Sciences and Biology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Mississippi State University.

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

Full Mississippi State Forest Sciences & Biology Report

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s forest sciences and biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Auburn is $26,518 for southeast region bachelor’s degree forest sciences and biology students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Full Auburn Forest Sciences & Biology Report

#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#4 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #3 spot on the list. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Kentucky is $20,337 for southeast region bachelor’s degree forest sciences and biology students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Forest Sciences & Biology at UK

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sewanee - The University of the South. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Forest Sciences and Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Sewanee - The University of the South is located in Sewanee, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s forest sciences and biology degrees to qualified students.

Sewanee also made our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Sewanee is $30,313 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Forest Sciences and Biology students whose families make $75-$110k.

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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Sewanee - The University of the South Forest Sciences & Biology Report

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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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