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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
60 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Agriculture is the 188th most popular major in the country with 3,332 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 842 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 60 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agriculture programs and 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 agriculture program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 23 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k list, NC State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $7,285 for southeast region associate degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend NC State.

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

Read more about Agriculture at North Carolina State University

#2

Warner University

Lake Wales, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Warner University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Lake Wales, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s agriculture degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Warner University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Warner University is $13,895 for southeast region associate degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Warner University Agriculture Report

#3

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mount Olive. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UMO is a small school located in Mount Olive, North Carolina that handed out 3 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k list, UMO has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Mount Olive is $14,912 for southeast region associate degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Agriculture at University of Mount Olive

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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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