2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 74 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,269 and $23,750 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree ag mech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Southwest Region

1

Navarro College
Corsicana, Texas

$38,672 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Navarro College landed the #1 spot on the list. Navarro College is a public institution located in Corsicana, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Navarro College Agricultural Mechanization Report

2

Central Arizona College
Coolidge, Arizona

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Arizona College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Coolidge, Arizona, and it awarded 0 associates’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Central Arizona College Agricultural Mechanization Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree 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.

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