2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Agricultural Production is the 177th most popular major in the country with 3,610 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The agricultural 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 Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree agricultural production students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in the Southeast Region

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State University are $23,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Mississippi State University

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agricultural production degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Auburn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Auburn

#3

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#3 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agricultural production degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Louisiana State University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production

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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