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2022 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Communication/Journalism in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
228 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 448 people earned their degree in agricultural communication/journalism, making the major the 591st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 228 agricultural communication/journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural communication/journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural communication/journalism 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 communication/journalism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Communication/Journalism in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 ’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees to qualified students.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $14,648 for southwest region agricultural communication/journalism students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Agricultural Communication/Journalism at OSU

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees to 55 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for Southwest Region Agricultural Communication/Journalism students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 101 ’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for southwest region agricultural communication/journalism students with aid.

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.

Full Texas A&M College Station Agricultural Communication/Journalism Report

#4

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 ’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region agricultural communication/journalism students with aid list, SHSU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for southwest region agricultural communication/journalism students with aid.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 14 ’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,761 for southwest region agricultural communication/journalism students with aid per year to attend West Texas A&M University.

Read more about Agricultural Communication/Journalism at West Texas A&M University

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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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