by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Agricultural Mechanization is the 252nd most popular major in the country with 1,280 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in ag mechanization. That schools that top this list have a program in ag mechanization in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree ag mech students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on 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. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. SFASU is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton State University is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southwest Region list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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