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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

1 Ranked Colleges
37 Degrees Awarded
$8,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,610 people earned their degree in agricultural production, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural production graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,100 and had an average of $16,942 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 352 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,700 and $21,950 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural production programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural production program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a medium-sized school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 1 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,115 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus.

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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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