2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering 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 “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Engineering is the 330th most popular major in the country with 1,564 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 90 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree ae students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$14,648 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. OSU is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 29 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ae students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at OSU

#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ae students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

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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).
• 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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