2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,280 people earned their degree in ag mechanization, making the major the 252nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, ag mechanization graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,820 and had an average of $17,584 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 62 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,983 and $24,567 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 40 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ag mechanization. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their ag mechanization program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Southeast Region

1

South Georgia Technical College
Americus, Georgia

Top 5% overall quality in Southeast

$39,106 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Georgia Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region. South Georgia Technical College is a small school located in Americus, Georgia that handed out 16 associates’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at South Georgia Technical College

2

Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia, Mississippi

$43,314 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Mississippi Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region. NWCC is a medium-sized school located in Senatobia, Mississippi that handed out 17 associates’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at NWCC

3

Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, North Carolina

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 7 associates’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at Wake Technical Community College

4

Hinds Community College
Raymond, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hinds Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Raymond, Mississippi, and it awarded 7 associates’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at Hinds Community College

4

Mississippi Delta Community College
Moorhead, Mississippi

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Delta Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Mississippi Delta Community College is a small school located in Moorhead, Mississippi that handed out 0 associates’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Mississippi Delta Community College 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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