by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural Economics is the 300th most popular major in the country with 1,912 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 413 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 336 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural economics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agricultural economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree ag economics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alcorn State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Alcorn State University is a public institution located in Alcorn State, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agricultural Economics at Alcorn State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Valley State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region. Fort Valley, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag economics degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Agricultural Economics at Fort Valley State University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school awarded 45 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ag economics students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agricultural Economics at West Virginia University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Florida is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 114 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 53 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Auburn University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 44 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Clemson University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Clemson University is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agricultural Economics at Clemson University
University of Georgia came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag economics degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agricultural Economics at University of Georgia
Mississippi State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag economics degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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