2022 Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Teacher Education is the 411th most popular major in the country with 1,150 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 135 agricultural teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 agricultural teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural teacher education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural teacher education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural teacher education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree agricultural teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agricultural teacher education degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agricultural Teacher Education at Texas A&M University - College Station

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 1 doctorate’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas Tech Agricultural Teacher Education Report

#3

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 4 doctorate’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agricultural Teacher Education at OSU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k)

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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