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2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
274 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor's 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 Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,193 people earned their degree in agricultural business, making the major the 277th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 321 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 274 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural business. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural business programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural business program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to 47 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $11,454 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Read full report on Agricultural Business at Texas A&M University - College Station

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 155 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $8,669 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

Full OSU Agricultural Business Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $12,317 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Texas Tech University Agricultural Business Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 41 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $10,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

Read more about Agricultural Business at University of Arizona

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,730 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend West Texas A&M University.

Read more about Agricultural Business at West Texas A&M University

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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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