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2022 Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

9 Ranked Colleges
74 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 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 Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general agriculture programs, but they also 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 Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelo State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. San Angelo, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture degrees to 3 students 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.

Full Angelo State General Agriculture Report

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

Texas State also took the #2 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 State University are $17,040.

Read full report on General Agriculture at Texas State University

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #3 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 10 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville General Agriculture Report

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 21 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce also took the #4 spot in our “Best General 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.

Full Texas A&M University - Commerce General Agriculture Report

#8 in overall quality

New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree agriculture students whose families make more than $110k list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #8 rank 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 NMSU Main Campus are $18,275.

Read more about General Agriculture at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#7 in overall quality

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. 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.

Full OSU General Agriculture Report

#8

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

With a ranking of #8, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 16 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 full report on General Agriculture at SHSU

Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

SFASU also took the #0 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 SFASU are $15,695.

Full SFASU General 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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