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2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
203 Degrees Awarded
$15,008 Avg Student Debt
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8,504 people earned their degree in agricultural economics and business, making the major the 94th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural economics and business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,058 and had an average of $17,639 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,596 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,043 and $20,645 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 203 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural economics and business. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural economics and business programs that also have a lower cost than 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 and business program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 56 diplomas to qualified associates’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $15,084 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend North Carolina State University.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Wayne Community College

Goldsboro, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Wayne Community College is a small school located in Goldsboro, North Carolina that handed out 8 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wayne Community College is $4,049 for southeast region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Central Florida landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Ocala, Florida, and it awarded 5 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

CF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $9,032 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend CF.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Mississippi Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Senatobia, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural business degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $48-$75k list, NWCC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NWCC is $7,653 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Monticello landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Monticello, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $48-$75k list, UAM has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,201 for southeast region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UAM.

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#4 in overall quality

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small school located in Magnolia, Arkansas that handed out 17 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is $15,245 for southeast region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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