2023 Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Business for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 1,558 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,700 and $20,812 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 191 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Business for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural economics and business. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural economics and business programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural economics and business program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Business for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Business for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree vets studying agricultural business.

Top 2 Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

1,102 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Business for an Associate. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 56 degrees to qualified associates’s agricultural business students in 2020-2021.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, North Carolina State University supports 36,042 students, and 1,102 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 493 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,886. During this same period, 27 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Carolina State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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University of Arkansas at Monticello
Monticello, Arkansas

59 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Monticello. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Business for an Associate. Located in Monticello, Arkansas, this small public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s agricultural business students in 2020-2021.

UAM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, UAM supports 2,645 students, and 59 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 18 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,149. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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

Footnotes

• *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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