2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Southeast Region
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 Master’s in the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 842 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,044 and $23,732 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 93 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Tennessee State University is a medium-sized school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 16 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
Tennessee State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tennessee State University are $20,860.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 33 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Virginia Tech also made our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.
NC A&T did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina A & T State University are $20,662, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. WKU is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 7 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
WKU also made our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at WKU are $18,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alcorn State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Alcorn State, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alcorn State are $7,290, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
West Virginia University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree agriculture students list, WVU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida A&M University is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida A&M University also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida A&M University are $24,669, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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