2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in the Southwest Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural Economics is the 300th most popular major in the country with 1,882 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 435 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural economics. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural economics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ag economics degrees to 11 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agricultural Economics at OSU
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s ag economics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Agricultural Economics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ag economics degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas Tech University Agricultural Economics Report
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 #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in the Southwest Region. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ag economics degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M College Station Agricultural Economics Report
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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%.
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- *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.
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