2023 Best International Agriculture Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$42,194
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for International Ag for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
International Agriculture is the 332nd most popular major in the country with 122 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, international agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,046 and had an average of $23,250 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 26 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,194 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international agriculture programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the international agriculture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for International Ag for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree vets studying international ag.
Top 1 Best International Agriculture Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for International Ag for a Master’s list. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 26 masters’s international ag degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best International Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,038 of the 24,535 students enrolled at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 439 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,226. On top of their other funding sources, 39 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus]](/colleges/oklahoma-state-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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