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2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

9 Ranked Colleges
339 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 9 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.

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 public services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 9 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 83 ’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,978 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend OSU.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 60 ’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $21,305 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 25 ’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $75-$110k list, University of Arizona has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $20,200 for Southwest Region Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 103 degrees to qualified ’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $26,028 for Southwest Region Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 4 ’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $12,909 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at NMSU Main Campus

#6

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

With a ranking of #6, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 ’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SHSU is $19,531 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $75-$110k.

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With a ranking of #7, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agricultural public services degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $13,703 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full ENMU - Main Campus Agricultural Public Services Report

West Texas A&M University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 14 ’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $17,324 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#9

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #9. Tarleton is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 38 ’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also took the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton State University is $21,678 for southwest region agricultural public services students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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