2024 Best Agricultural Public Services Doctor's Degree Schools

Agricultural Public Servicesdoctorate programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #204 out of the 306 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Agricultural Public Services Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 doctor's degrees in agricultural public services during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Agricultural Public Services School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of agricultural public services for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality agricultural public services program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on agricultural public services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of agricultural public services students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt agricultural public services students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized agricultural public services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for agricultural public services students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Agricultural Public Services Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Agricultural Public Services in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for agricultural public services students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Agricultural Public Services

1

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

4 Annual Graduates

Texas Tech University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in agricultural public services. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in agricultural public services from Texas Tech University

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

2 Annual Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in agricultural public services. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in agricultural public services from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in agricultural public services needs to check out North Carolina State University. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in agricultural public services from North Carolina State University

3

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in agricultural public services has to check out Iowa State University. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ames.More information about a doctorate in agricultural public services from Iowa State University

4

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

4 Annual Graduates

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a great choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in agricultural public services. Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.More information about a doctorate in agricultural public services from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Agricultural Public Services by Region

View the Best Agricultural Public Services Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Agricultural Public Services

Agricultural Public Services is one of 18 different types of Agriculture & Agriculture Operations programs to choose from.

Agricultural Public Services Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Agricultural & Extension Education Services	15

Majors Similar to Agricultural Public Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Plant Sciences	298
Animal Science	178
Food Science Technology	173
Agricultural Economics & Business	76
Soil Sciences	47
Agricultural Production	33
Other Agriculture	10
General Agriculture	8
Horticulture	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bob Nichols. More about our data sources and methodologies.