by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Agriculture is the 157th most popular major in the country with 3,370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,894 and had an average of $20,543 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 631 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,558 and $23,232 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 337 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general agriculture.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tarleton is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 97 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prairie View A & M University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas list. Prairie View A & M University is a medium-sized public school situated in Prairie View, Texas. It awarded 43 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Prairie View A & M University General Agriculture Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 34 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Stephen F Austin State University is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas list. West Texas A&M University is a public institution located in Canyon, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Agriculture at West Texas A&M University
With a ranking of #6, Angelo State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas list. Located in San Angelo, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M University - Commerce ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Agriculture at Texas A&M University - Commerce
With a ranking of #8, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas list. Sam Houston State University is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 27 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas ranking. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #10. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Texas Tech University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Texas list. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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