2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Agriculture is the 188th most popular major in the country with 3,332 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 770 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agriculture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agriculture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

West Texas A&M University

Canyon, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,013 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Canyon, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agriculture degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agriculture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Texas A&M University are $8,013.

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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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