2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,332 people earned their degree in general agriculture, making the major the 148th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,257 and had an average of $20,441 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 842 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,044 and $23,732 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 60 general 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 $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general agriculture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general agriculture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$9,887 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 associates’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,887 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend North Carolina State University.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Agriculture at NC State

#2

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$14,652 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mount Olive. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

UMO also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,652 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Mount Olive.

Full University of Mount Olive General Agriculture Report

#3

Warner University

Lake Wales, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$15,410 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Warner University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Warner University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lake Wales, Florida. It awarded 1 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Warner University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Warner University is $15,410 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Warner University General Agriculture Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $30-$48k)

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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