2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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General Agriculture is the 148th most popular major in the country with 3,332 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general agriculture programs, but they also cost less that 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 a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

West Texas A&M University

Canyon, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,013 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also made our “Best General Agriculture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Texas A&M University are $8,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full West Texas A&M University General Agriculture Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $75-$110k)

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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