by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural Economics & Business is the 101st most popular major in the country with 8,098 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, agricultural economics and business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,304 and had an average of $18,874 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alabama, there were 56 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,415 and $20,750 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural economics and business. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural economics and business in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama agricultural business students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Tuskegee University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tuskegee is a small school located in Tuskegee, Alabama that handed out 9 ’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 47 ’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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