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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

10 Ranked Colleges
246 Degrees Awarded
$10,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,332 people earned their degree in general agriculture, making the major the 148th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,257 and had an average of $20,441 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 527 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,880 and $21,077 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 246 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general agriculture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $0-$30k) in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $11,454 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station General Agriculture Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $12,317 for texas bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

Full Texas Tech University General Agriculture Report

#3

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelo State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k. San Angelo, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k list, Angelo State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $9,799 for texas bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Angelo State University.

Read more about General Agriculture at Angelo State

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $11,105 for texas bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville.

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#5

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $10,561 for texas bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full SHSU General Agriculture Report

#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

Texas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $11,125 for texas bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas State.

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Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce is $10,013 for texas bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#9 in overall quality

Stephen F Austin State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFASU, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $8,650 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SFASU.

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West Texas A&M University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Canyon, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $8,730 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about General Agriculture at West Texas A&M University

#10

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, Texas

Prairie View A & M University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Prairie View A & M University is a medium-sized school located in Prairie View, Texas that handed out 37 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

PVAMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Prairie View A & M University is $12,291 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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