by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 8,098 people earned their degree in agricultural economics and business, making the major the 101st most popular in the United States. 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,364 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,798 and $19,938 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville Agricultural Economics & Business Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s agricultural business students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Read full report on Agricultural Economics & Business at OSU
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 25 masters’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agricultural Economics & Business at Texas A&M College Station
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, 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 Agricultural Economics & Business at Texas Tech
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 masters’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
Full NMSU Main Campus Agricultural Economics & Business Report
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