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2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
203 Degrees Awarded
$8,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Economics & Business is the 94th most popular major in the country with 8,504 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural economics and business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,058 and had an average of $17,639 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,596 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,043 and $20,645 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 203 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural economics and business. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural economics and business programs that also have a lower cost than 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 economics and business program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 56 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina State University is $9,887 for southeast region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

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#2

Wayne Community College

Goldsboro, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Wayne Community College is located in Goldsboro, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

Wayne Community College also made our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $2,979 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Wayne Community College.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Central Florida. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. College of Central Florida is a medium-sized school located in Ocala, Florida that handed out 5 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CF, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for CF is $6,536 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full College of Central Florida Agricultural Economics & Business Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Mississippi Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Northwest Mississippi Community College is a public institution located in Senatobia, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NWCC also took the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northwest Mississippi Community College is $5,424 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full NWCC Agricultural Economics & Business Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Monticello. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Arkansas at Monticello is located in Monticello, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 associates’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

UAM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arkansas at Monticello is $11,158 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4 in overall quality

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Magnolia, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified associates’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $12,615 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus.

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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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