2023 Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 448 people earned their degree in agricultural mechanization, making the major the 644th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 26 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural mechanization. To top this list, a school must have a successful agricultural mechanization program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Southeast Region

1

Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia, Mississippi

$28,219 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,585 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Mississippi Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwest Mississippi Community College is a medium-sized school located in Senatobia, Mississippi that handed out 17 ’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at NWCC

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#14 overall quality in Southeast

$49,709 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,429 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at North Carolina State University

3

Mississippi Delta Community College
Moorhead, Mississippi

$32,341 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,245 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Delta Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi Delta Community College is a public institution located in Moorhead, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at Mississippi Delta Community College

• Most Popular Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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