2023 Most Popular Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations 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 “Most Well Attended Agricultural Production Ops Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 605 people earned their degree in agricultural production operations, making the major the 633rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 8 agricultural production operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Agricultural Production Ops Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural production operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular agricultural production operations programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Agricultural Production Ops Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region agricultural production ops students.

Top 4 Most Popular Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations in the Southwest Region

1

Yavapai College
Prescott, Arizona

$45,570 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,466 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yavapai College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Agricultural Production Ops Major in the Southwest Region. Yavapai College is a medium-sized public school situated in Prescott, Arizona. It awarded 4 ’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Yavapai College Agricultural Production Operations Report

2

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

$46,654 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,917 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Agricultural Production Ops Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 2 ’s agricultural production ops degrees 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.

Read more about Agricultural Production Operations at University of Arizona

3

Stephen F Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas

$37,354 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,390 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Agricultural Production Ops Major in the Southwest Region. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agricultural production ops degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agricultural Production Operations at Stephen F Austin State University

4

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

$41,884 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,687 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Agricultural Production Ops Major in the Southwest Region list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school situated in Portales, New Mexico. It awarded 0 ’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus Agricultural Production Operations 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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