2023 Most Popular Colleges for General Agriculture in New Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Agriculture is the 157th most popular major in the country with 3,370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,894 and had an average of $20,543 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 31 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in New Mexico” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general agriculture programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in New Mexico” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico agriculture students.

Top 4 Most Popular Colleges for General Agriculture in New Mexico

1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

$36,973 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,260 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 25 ’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Agriculture at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

2

New Mexico Junior College
Hobbs, New Mexico

#19 overall quality in New Mexico

$43,137 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,748 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Junior College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Hobbs, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified ’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Agriculture at New Mexico Junior College

3

Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus
Roswell, New Mexico

#10 overall quality in New Mexico

$29,262 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,000 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in New Mexico. ENMU - Roswell Campus is a small public school situated in Roswell, New Mexico. It awarded 0 ’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.

Full ENMU - Roswell Campus General Agriculture Report

3

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

#11 overall quality in New Mexico

$41,884 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,687 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in New Mexico. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is located in Portales, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

Read more about General Agriculture at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

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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

• *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.

Credits

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