by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Agricultural Production is the 190th most popular major in the country with 3,066 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, agricultural production graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,367 and had an average of $16,973 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 732 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,198 and $18,063 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 214 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural production. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agricultural production.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agricultural Production at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mount Olive. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region list. Mount Olive, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Averett University landed the #3 spot on the list. Danville, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 75 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #5 spot on the list. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Clemson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural production students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
With a ranking of #7, Mississippi State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 23 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Agricultural Production at Mississippi State
Auburn University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
North Carolina State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural production students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Agricultural Production at North Carolina State University
Florida Institute of Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Melbourne, Florida that handed out 1 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
Middle Tennessee State University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agricultural Production at Middle Tennessee State University
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