2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$32,400
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,370 people earned their degree in agriculture, making the major the 202nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 823 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in agriculture.
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Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree agriculture students.
Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, 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 89%.
Full UT Knoxville Agriculture Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agriculture at West Virginia University
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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