2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,610 people earned their degree in agricultural production, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural production graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,100 and had an average of $16,942 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 352 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,700 and $21,950 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural production programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural production program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The agricultural production school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$11,117 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. ENMU - Main Campus is a public institution located in Portales, New Mexico. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $11,117 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Agricultural Production at ENMU - Main Campus

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $48-$75k)

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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