2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture in the Southeast Region

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Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture is the 617th most popular major in the country with 552 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 136 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in agroecology and sustainable agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agroecology and sustainable agriculture.

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

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

Top 7 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture in the Southeast Region

1

Andrew College
Cuthbert, Georgia

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

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Andrew College

2

Lenoir Community College
Kinston, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lenoir Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Southeast Region list. Lenoir Community College is a small school located in Kinston, North Carolina that handed out 5 associates’s agroecology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Lenoir Community College

3

Central Carolina Community College
Sanford, North Carolina

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Carolina Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Central Carolina Community College is located in Sanford, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s agroecology degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Central Carolina Community College

4

Wayne Community College
Goldsboro, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Goldsboro, North Carolina, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s agroecology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Wayne Community College

5

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Southeast Region list. UAPB is a small public school situated in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It awarded 0 associates’s agroecology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

5

Montgomery Community College
Troy, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montgomery Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Southeast Region. MCC is a public institution located in Troy, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full MCC Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Report

5

Western Piedmont Community College
Morganton, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Piedmont Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Southeast Region. Western Piedmont Community College is a small school located in Morganton, North Carolina that handed out 0 associates’s agroecology degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at WPCC

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture

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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