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2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
321 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agricultural Business is the 277th most popular major in the country with 2,193 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 321 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural business. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural business 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 agricultural business program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Business (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 66 ’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $11,454 for southwest region agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, 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%.

Read full report on Agricultural Business at Texas A&M University - College Station

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 155 ’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $8,669 for southwest region agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agricultural Business at OSU

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 20 ’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,317 for Southwest Region Agricultural Business students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Tech.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech Agricultural Business Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 41 ’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k list, University of Arizona has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $10,562 for southwest region agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

Full University of Arizona Agricultural Business Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 19 ’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also made our “Best Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $8,730 for southwest region agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend West Texas A&M University.

Read full report on Agricultural Business at West Texas A&M 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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