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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

8 Ranked Colleges
74 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region” 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 74 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agriculture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agriculture program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree agriculture students.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in the Southwest Region

#1 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 #1 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Texas A&M University are $8,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Agriculture at West Texas A&M University

#2

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelo State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Angelo State is a fairly large public school situated in San Angelo, Texas. It awarded 3 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Angelo State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Angelo State University are $14,396.

Read full report on Agriculture at Angelo State

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 10 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Kingsville, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agriculture at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree agriculture students list, Texas A&M Commerce has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Commerce are $14,549, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agriculture at Texas A&M University - Commerce

#5

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

SHSU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SHSU are $15,704.

Read more about Agriculture at SHSU

#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Texas State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 5 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agriculture Master’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 Texas State are $17,040.

Read more about Agriculture at Texas State

#8 in overall quality

New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full NMSU Main Campus Agriculture Report

#7 in overall quality

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 6 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree agriculture students list, OSU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full OSU Agriculture 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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