by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Processing Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 190 people earned their degree in agricultural & food products processing, making the major the 964th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 16 agricultural & food products processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 agricultural & food products processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,020 and $16,931 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Processing Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural & food products processing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agricultural & food products processing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Processing Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nash Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Processing Major in the Southeast Region. Nash Community College is a small school located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina that handed out 0 associates’s agricultural processing degrees in 2021-2022.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Processing Major in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Asheville, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 associates’s agricultural processing degrees in 2021-2022.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Processing Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rockingham Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wentworth, North Carolina, and it awarded 0 associates’s agricultural processing degrees in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blue Ridge Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Processing Major in the Southeast Region list. Blue Ridge Community College is located in Flat Rock, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s agricultural processing degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Processing Major in the Southeast Region list. North Carolina State University is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 0 associates’s agricultural processing degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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