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2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
382 Degrees Awarded
$13,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural economics 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 economics program at the school. 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 $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

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 Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag economics degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $9,962 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Economics 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.

Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Agricultural Economics Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ag Economics 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 located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 234 bachelors’s ag economics degrees to qualified students.

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

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%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station 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 $30-$48k list. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 82 bachelors’s ag economics degrees 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 Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $13,326 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 University

#4

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Tarleton is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 54 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $30-$48k list, Tarleton has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarleton State University is $17,132 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Economics students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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