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2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
382 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Economics is the 268th most popular major in the country with 2,141 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 462 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 382 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural economics 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 economics 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 Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

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 Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 234 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $11,454 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Agricultural Economics Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $8,669 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ag economics 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.

Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Agricultural Economics Report

#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 Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag economics degrees to 82 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,317 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Economics 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.

Read full report on Agricultural Economics at Texas Tech

#4

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tarleton State University is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton is $15,604 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Tarleton Agricultural Economics 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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