2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

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 Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 571 people earned their degree in agroecology and sustainable agriculture, making the major the 639th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 152 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in agroecology and sustainable agriculture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agroecology and sustainable agriculture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agroecology and sustainable agriculture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s agroecology students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also made our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Mississippi State

#2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 6 masters’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also took the #0 spot in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Louisiana State University Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture (Income $75-$110k)

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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