2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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 Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree agriculture students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Southwest Region

#1

West Texas A&M University

Canyon, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,013 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at West Texas A&M University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Doctor’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.

Full West Texas A&M University 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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