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2022 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Business in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
321 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural business program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region agricultural business students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Business in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 155 ’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

OSU also made our “Best Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for Southwest Region Agricultural Business students with aid.

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

Read full report on Agricultural Business at OSU

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 20 ’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,571 for southwest region agricultural business students with aid 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 University Agricultural Business Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 66 ’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region agricultural business students with aid list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for southwest region agricultural business students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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 Texas A&M University - College Station Agricultural Business Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 19 ’s agricultural business degrees 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 Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for southwest region agricultural business students with aid.

Read more about Agricultural Business at West Texas A&M University

#5

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 #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 41 diplomas to qualified ’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural Business Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Agricultural Business students with aid.

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

Full University of Arizona 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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