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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Communication/Journalism in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
209 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's 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. 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 Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Agricultural Communication/Journalism is the 591st most popular major in the country with 448 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 228 agricultural communication/journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 209 agricultural communication/journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural communication/journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural communication/journalism 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 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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Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural communication/journalism students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Communication/Journalism in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural communication/journalism students list, OSU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Communication/Journalism students per year to attend OSU.

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

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 14 bachelors’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural communication/journalism students.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 41 bachelors’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Communication/Journalism students.

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

Full Texas Tech University Agricultural Communication/Journalism Report

#4

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU also made our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $14,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Communication/Journalism students per year to attend SHSU.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 101 bachelors’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Communication/Journalism students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

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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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