2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Crop Production in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Crop Production is the 723rd most popular major in the country with 376 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 26 crop production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 crop production graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in crop production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent crop production programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the crop production program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The crop production school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Crop Production in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$16,458 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 18 associates’s crop production degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend NC State is $16,458 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Crop Production students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Crop Production at North Carolina State University

#2

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Tifton, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$6,933 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is located in Tifton, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s crop production degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ABAC Tifton, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,933 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Crop Production students per year to attend ABAC Tifton.

Read full report on Crop Production at ABAC Tifton

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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