2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Southwest Region
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 Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Canyon, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree agriculture students 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 some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelo State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. 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.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Kingsville are $14,066, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M Commerce is a public institution located in Commerce, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Commerce are $14,549, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SHSU are $15,704, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Texas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
Texas State also made our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.
NMSU Main Campus also took 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.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 6 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.
OSU also took 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.
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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%.
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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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