by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural Economics & Business is the 101st most popular major in the country with 8,098 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, agricultural economics and business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,304 and had an average of $18,874 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alabama, there were 56 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,415 and $20,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $28,178 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural economics and business. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural economics and business in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The agricultural business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Tuskegee University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tuskegee is a small school located in Tuskegee, Alabama that handed out 9 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Alabama list. Auburn University is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 44 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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