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2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

9 Ranked Colleges
339 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Public Services is the 251st most popular major in the country with 823 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,100 and had an average of $18,733 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 339 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,550 and $16,606 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural public services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural public services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural public services 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 Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agricultural public services degrees to 83 students in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $8,669 for Southwest Region Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 103 ’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $11,454 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Agricultural Public Services Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 60 ’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,317 for Southwest Region Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Tech.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech Agricultural Public Services Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified ’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $10,562 for Southwest Region Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at University of Arizona

#5

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 11 ’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $0-$30k list, SHSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SHSU is $10,561 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at SHSU

New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 4 ’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #8 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $6,896 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at NMSU Main Campus

West Texas A&M University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 ’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

West Texas A&M University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for West Texas A&M University is $8,730 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at West Texas A&M University

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a medium-sized school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 1 ’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ENMU - Main Campus is $8,115 for Southwest Region Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

#9

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

Tarleton State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Tarleton is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 38 ’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also took the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,604 for Southwest Region Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Tarleton.

Full Tarleton State University Agricultural Public 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.

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