2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in Texas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in Texas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 3,066 people earned their degree in agricultural production, making the major the 190th most popular in the United States. 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 Texas, there were 213 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in Texas” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural production. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural production in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in Texas”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree agricultural production students.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in Texas

1

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

#21 overall quality in Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in Texas. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Sam Houston State University

2

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, Texas

#19 overall quality in Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in Texas. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 10 masters’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

3

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s agricultural production students in 2020-2021.

Full Texas A&M Corpus Christi Agricultural Production Report

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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#3 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at Texas A&M University - College Station

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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