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2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

8 Ranked Colleges
275 Degrees Awarded
$14,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 823 people earned their degree in agricultural public services, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States. 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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 275 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural public services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services in the Southwest Region

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 78 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students per year to attend OSU.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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

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 Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 14 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at West Texas A&M University

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend Texas Tech.

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

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#4

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services 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. Sam Houston State University is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend Sam Houston State University.

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#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $9,516 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend ENMU - Main Campus.

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

#7 in overall quality

New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 4 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at NMSU Main Campus

Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 101 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students per year to attend Texas A&M University - 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at Texas A&M University - College Station

#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

University of Arizona came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 25 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend University of Arizona.

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 more about Agricultural Public Services at University of Arizona

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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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