2023 Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 845 people earned their degree in agricultural public services, making the major the 250th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,132 and had an average of $18,854 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 350 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,005 and $18,780 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural public services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural public services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural public services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The agricultural public services 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree vets studying agricultural public services.
Top 2 Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 17 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 40,322 students enrolled at Texas Tech University, 1,242 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 630 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,480. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Texas Tech University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s list. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 43 degrees to qualified masters’s agricultural public services students in 2020-2021.
Tarleton also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 755 of the 14,016 students enrolled at Tarleton were GI Bill® students, of which 317 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,304. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Tarleton does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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