2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 326 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 100 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural business. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural business programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The agricultural business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business in the Southeast Region

#1

College of Central Florida

Ocala, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$6,548 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. College of Central Florida is a medium-sized school located in Ocala, Florida that handed out 5 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

CF also made our “Best Agricultural Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for College of Central Florida is $6,548 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students.

Read full report on Agricultural Business at College of Central Florida

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$16,458 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural business degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree agricultural business students list, NC State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina State University is $16,458 for southeast region associate degree agricultural business students.

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 more about Agricultural Business at NC State

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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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