by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 884 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,893 and $20,455 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in general agriculture. That schools that top this list have a program in general agriculture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Agriculture at Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 15 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region list. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Agriculture at Tarleton State University
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SFASU is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Agriculture at Stephen F Austin State University
New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 4 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Agriculture at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #8, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region list. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Texas State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Agriculture at Texas State University
Angelo State University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region list. Angelo State University is a fairly large school located in San Angelo, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
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