2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Public Services is the 251st most popular major in the country with 823 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural public services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural public services 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 agricultural public services 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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Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree agricultural public services students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 14 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530.

Full Texas Tech Agricultural Public Services Report

#2

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agricultural public services degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tarleton State University are $15,485.

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at Tarleton State University

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

Credits

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

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