2023 Most Popular Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Southwest Region

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 “Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 74 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region

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

Top 4 Most Popular Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Southwest Region

1

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

$42,564 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,249 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #1 spot on the list. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 ’s ag mech degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at SHSU

2

Navarro College
Corsicana, Texas

$42,091 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,580 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Navarro College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Corsicana, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified ’s ag mech students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at Navarro College

3

Stephen F Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas

$37,354 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,390 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region list. Stephen F Austin State University is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 4 ’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full SFASU Agricultural Mechanization Report

4

Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas

$42,958 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,137 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s ag mech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Full Tarleton Agricultural Mechanization Report

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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

• *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.

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