2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agriculture for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
408
Degrees Awarded
$10,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agriculture for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,370 people earned their degree in general agriculture, making the major the 157th most popular in the United States. 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 associate degree level specifically, there were 408 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general agriculture programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agriculture for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agriculture for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Panhandle State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agriculture for an Associate list. This small school is located in Goodwell, Oklahoma, and it awarded 22 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree vets studying agriculture list, OPSU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Oklahoma Panhandle State University supports 1,337 students, and 25 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 13 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,319. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Oklahoma Panhandle State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at OPSU]](/colleges/oklahoma-panhandle-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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