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

6 Ranked Colleges
221 Degrees Awarded
$10,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural production programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural production program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production 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. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 associates’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,458 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Production students per year to attend North Carolina State University.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Agricultural Production at NC State

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ABAC Tifton, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is $6,933 for southeast region associate degree agricultural production students.

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#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 55 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $21,198 for southeast region associate degree agricultural production students per year to attend Virginia Tech.

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%.

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#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 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Wayne Community College is a small public school situated in Goldsboro, North Carolina. It awarded 9 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree agricultural production students list, Wayne Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $2,315 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Production students per year to attend Wayne Community College.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Wayne Community College

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Mississippi Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. NWCC is a medium-sized school located in Senatobia, Mississippi that handed out 2 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

NWCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,009 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Production students per year to attend Northwest Mississippi Community College.

Read more about Agricultural Production at NWCC

#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

Western Kentucky University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. WKU is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 5 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU also made our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $11,962 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Production students per year to attend 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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