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2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
221 Degrees Awarded
$28,800 Avg Salary
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Southeast region, there were 903 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,125 and $19,184 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 221 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural production programs that also have a lower cost than 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 agricultural production program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 52 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend NC State is $15,084 for southeast region associate degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full NC State Agricultural Production Report

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $19,067 for southeast region associate degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Virginia Tech

#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This small school is located in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 9 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne Community College also made our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Wayne Community College is $4,049 for southeast region associate degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Wayne Community College Agricultural Production Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College landed the #4 spot on the list. Tifton, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural production degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k list, ABAC Tifton has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is $8,632 for southeast region associate degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Mississippi Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. NWCC is located in Senatobia, Mississippi and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NWCC, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northwest Mississippi Community College is $7,653 for southeast region associate degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full NWCC Agricultural Production Report

#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

Western Kentucky University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s agricultural production students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WKU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western Kentucky University is $15,209 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at WKU

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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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