2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Ag Economics for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,900
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Ag Economics for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,912 people earned their degree in agricultural economics, making the major the 300th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 471 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 389 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Ag Economics for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural economics programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agricultural economics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Ag Economics for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying ag economics.
Top 3 Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Ag Economics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 266 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 70,418 students enrolled at Texas A&M College Station, 5 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,925. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Texas A&M College Station does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Texas A&M University - College Station]](/colleges/texas-a-and-m-university-college-station/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Ag Economics for a Bachelor’s list. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 81 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas Tech 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.Of the 40,322 students enrolled at Texas Tech University, 1,242 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 630 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,480. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Texas Tech]](/colleges/texas-tech-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Ag Economics for a Bachelor’s list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag economics degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
Tarleton 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.Our most recent data shows that 755 of the 14,016 students enrolled at Tarleton State University were GI Bill® students, of which 317 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,304. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Tarleton State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Tarleton]](/colleges/tarleton-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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