2022 Best Value Agricultural and Extension Education Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agricultural and Extension Education Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural & Extension Education Services is the 782nd most popular major in the country with 292 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 75 agricultural and extension education services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 agricultural and extension education services graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural and extension education services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural and extension education services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The agricultural and extension education services 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 and Extension Education Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Agricultural and Extension Education Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree agricultural and extension education services students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Extension Education Services in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural and Extension Education Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agricultural and extension education services degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural & Extension Education Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530.

Full Texas Tech Agricultural & Extension Education Services Report

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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.

Credits

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