2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 770 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,880 and $19,336 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 385 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general agriculture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree agriculture students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Goodwell, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$10,181 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Panhandle State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Goodwell, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agriculture degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

OPSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OPSU is $10,181 for southwest region associate degree agriculture students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $48-$75k)

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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