by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Agriculture is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 3,370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 823 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 97 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture. That schools that top this list have a program in agriculture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 16 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Agriculture at Tennessee State University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small school located in Magnolia, Arkansas that handed out 11 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Agriculture Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alcorn State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Alcorn State University is a public institution located in Alcorn State, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 9 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Virginia Tech landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 28 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
West Virginia University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region ranking. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 11 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Western Kentucky University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region ranking. WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
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