2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Southwest Region

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Agricultural Economics & Business is the 94th most popular major in the country with 8,504 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southwest region, there were 1,447 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,582 and $18,121 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural economics and business. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural economics and business programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural economics and business program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree agricultural business students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 11 masters’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530.

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#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,106 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agricultural business degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

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#3

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 12 masters’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963.

Read full report on Agricultural Economics & Business at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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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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