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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

9 Ranked Colleges
74 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

General Agriculture is the 148th most popular major in the country with 3,332 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Southwest region, there were 770 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,880 and $19,336 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 74 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in general agriculture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general agriculture programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas State General Agriculture Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Agriculture at OSU

#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Angelo State University is a fairly large school located in San Angelo, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Angelo State also made our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Angelo State are $14,396, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Agriculture at Angelo State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General 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 Texas A&M Commerce are $14,549.

Read more about General Agriculture at Texas A&M Commerce

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville also made our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066.

Read more about General Agriculture at Texas A&M Kingsville

#1 in overall quality

West Texas A&M University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Canyon, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k list, West Texas A&M University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Texas A&M University are $8,013, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#7

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General 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 Sam Houston State University are $15,704.

Read more about General Agriculture at Sam Houston State University

Stephen F Austin State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFASU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SFASU are $15,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Agriculture at SFASU

#8 in overall quality

New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Agriculture at NMSU Main Campus

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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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