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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,153 people earned their degree in agronomy and crop science, making the major the 405th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 226 agronomy and crop science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 163 agronomy and crop science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agronomy and crop science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agronomy and crop science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region list. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 67 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agronomy & Crop Science at West Texas A&M University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Panhandle State University landed the #2 spot on the list. OPSU is located in Goodwell, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 36 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Agronomy & Crop Science at NMSU Main Campus
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Full Sam Houston State University Agronomy & Crop Science Report
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Agronomy & Crop Science at Texas A&M College Station
With a ranking of #7, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agronomy and Crop Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees to qualified students.
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