2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Extension Education Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

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Agricultural & Extension Education Services is the 782nd most popular major in the country with 292 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 75 agricultural and extension education services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 agricultural and extension education services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural and Extension Education Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural and extension education services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural and extension education services programs, but they also cost less that 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 and extension education services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agricultural and Extension Education Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural and extension education services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Extension Education Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$10,562 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural and Extension Education Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 25 bachelors’s agricultural and extension education services degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural & Extension Education Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural and Extension Education Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Arizona.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$6,896 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural and Extension Education Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural and extension education services students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural & Extension Education Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,896 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural and extension education services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

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#3

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$8,115 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agricultural and Extension Education Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s agricultural and extension education services degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural & Extension Education Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ENMU - Main Campus is $8,115 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural and extension education services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Extension Education Services (Income $0-$30k)

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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