2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Southeast Region

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 an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Mechanization is the 252nd most popular major in the country with 1,376 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , agricultural mechanization graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $45,820 and had an average of $15,980 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 69 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,983 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 43 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,020 and $16,931 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural mechanization. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural mechanization in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Agricultural Mechanization Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree ag mech students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Southeast Region

1

South Georgia Technical College
Americus, Georgia

$39,106 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Georgia Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region. South Georgia Technical College is a small public school situated in Americus, Georgia. It awarded 12 associates’s ag mech degrees in 2021-2022.

Full South Georgia Technical College Agricultural Mechanization Report

2

Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia, Mississippi

$43,314 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Mississippi Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northwest Mississippi Community College is a public institution located in Senatobia, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at NWCC

3

Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, North Carolina

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 13 associates’s ag mech degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at Wake Technical Community College

4

Hinds Community College
Raymond, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hinds Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Raymond, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s ag mech students in 2021-2022.

Full Hinds Community College Agricultural Mechanization Report

4

Mississippi Delta Community College
Moorhead, Mississippi

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Delta Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Mississippi Delta Community College is a public institution located in Moorhead, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at Mississippi Delta Community College

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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alandmanson.