2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Teacher Education in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,130 people earned their degree in agricultural teacher education, making the major the 400th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 123 agricultural teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 agricultural teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural teacher education. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural teacher education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Teacher Education in the Southwest Region

1

Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Goodwell, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Panhandle State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region. Oklahoma Panhandle State University is a public institution located in Goodwell, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Oklahoma Panhandle State University Agricultural Teacher Education Report

2

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 30 bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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3

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 9 bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#23 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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5

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

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Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Alva, Oklahoma

Northwestern Oklahoma State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. NWOSU is a public institution located in Alva, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Teacher Education

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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