by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in general agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general agriculture programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree agriculture students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 27 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce General Agriculture Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 15 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #3 spot on the list. 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
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Tarleton is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Agriculture at Tarleton State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Canyon, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s 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.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. SFASU is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Agriculture at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Angelo State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking. Angelo State 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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