2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in the Southwest Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” 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 Southwest region, there were 471 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural economics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in agricultural economics.
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Most Well Attended Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in the Southwest Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. OSU is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 9 masters’s ag economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 6 masters’s ag economics degrees 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 3 masters’s ag economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Agricultural Economics at Texas Tech
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 masters’s ag economics degrees in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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