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2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
274 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business in the Southwest Region

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #1 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 19 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students list, West Texas A&M University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students.

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

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 155 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

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

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students.

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

Full Texas Tech Agricultural Business Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 47 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s 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 Texas A&M College Station

#5

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

University of Arizona also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students.

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

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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