2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

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In 2019-2020, 823 people earned their degree in agricultural public services, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,100 and had an average of $18,733 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 339 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,550 and $16,606 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural public services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural public services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural public services 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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Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agricultural public services degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530.

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at Texas Tech

#2

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 5 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963.

Full OSU Agricultural Public Services Report

#3

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,054 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Tarleton State University is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 38 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tarleton are $15,485, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Tarleton Agricultural Public Services Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bob Nichols.

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