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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

4 Ranked Colleges
382 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Economics is the 268th most popular major in the country with 2,141 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 462 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 382 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural economics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $18,978 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

Read more about Agricultural Economics at OSU

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag economics degrees to 82 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $21,305 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Economics students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 Agricultural Economics at Texas Tech University

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag economics degrees to 234 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $75-$110k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $26,028 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Economics students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M College Station

#4

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag economics degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

Tarleton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton is $21,678 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Economics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Tarleton State University Agricultural Economics Report

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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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