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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
274 Degrees Awarded
$11,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,193 people earned their degree in agricultural business, making the major the 277th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 321 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 274 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural business. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural business 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 agricultural business 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 Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 155 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $9,962 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 full report on Agricultural Business at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 47 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $13,270 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $13,326 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas Tech Agricultural Business Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 41 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $11,466 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

Read more about Agricultural Business at University of Arizona

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #5 spot on the list. Canyon, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at West Texas A&M University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,146 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend West Texas A&M University.

Full West Texas A&M University Agricultural Business 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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