2022 Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 251 people earned their degree in agricultural and food products processing, making the major the 842nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 53 agricultural and food products processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural and food products processing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural and food products processing 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 food products processing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural & Food Products Processing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$11,454 Average Net Price

$53,657 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 50 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural & Food Products Processing Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,454 for Southwest Region Agricultural Processing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

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#2

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$9,799 Average Net Price

$38,330 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Angelo State is a fairly large school located in San Angelo, Texas that handed out 3 ’s agricultural processing degrees in 2019-2020.

Angelo State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural & Food Products Processing Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Angelo State University is $9,799 for Southwest Region Agricultural Processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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• Best Value Colleges for Agricultural & Food Products Processing (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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