2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 298 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer 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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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 13 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 21 bachelors’s agriculture degrees 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 the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelo State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Angelo, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Angelo State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Angelo State is $13,819 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. SHSU 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.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students list, SHSU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students per year to attend SHSU.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 24 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 22 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce is $13,017 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
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Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Kingsville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Kingsville is $13,778 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
ENMU - Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $9,516 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
SFASU also made our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. The estimated yearly cost for Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
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Cameron University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Lawton, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students list, Cameron University has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cameron University is $7,952 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Prairie View A & M University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. This medium-sized school is located in Prairie View, Texas, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
PVAMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Prairie View A & M University is $14,582 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
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 low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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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