by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 49,899 people earned their degree in agriculture and agriculture operations, making the major the 21st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, agriculture and agriculture operations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,342 and had an average of $19,867 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 11,177 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,477 and $20,720 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5,177 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 57 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. That schools that top this list have a program in agriculture and agriculture operations in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region list. ABAC Tifton is a public institution located in Tifton, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 137 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Martin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region list. The University of Tennessee - Martin is a medium-sized school located in Martin, Tennessee that handed out 189 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tuskegee University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Tuskegee, Alabama, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 57 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alcorn State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Alcorn State, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 48 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferrum College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region list. Ferrum College is located in Ferrum, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.
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Warner University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Warner University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lake Wales, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Murray State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Murray State is a medium-sized school located in Murray, Kentucky that handed out 240 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Mount Olive did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. UMO is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mount Olive, North Carolina. It awarded 39 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
Fort Valley State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Fort Valley State University is a public institution located in Fort Valley, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Fort Valley State University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report
Mississippi State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 281 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Clemson University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region list. Clemson University is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 322 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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North Carolina State University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 443 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
McNeese State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 58 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2020-2021.
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North Carolina A & T State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking. NC A&T is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 97 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.
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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Pine Bluff, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report
Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at JWU Charlotte
Berea College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. This small school is located in Berea, Kentucky, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Berea College
University of Arkansas came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UARK is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 239 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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With a ranking of #19, Auburn University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 251 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, University of Kentucky did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 253 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at University of Kentucky
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 236 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Alabama A & M University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. AAMU is a medium-sized school located in Normal, Alabama that handed out 25 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
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Virginia Tech did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #23. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 298 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
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Morehead State University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Morehead State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Morehead, Kentucky. It awarded 80 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
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Asbury University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the Southeast Region list. Asbury is a small school located in Wilmore, Kentucky that handed out 12 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
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