2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students 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 “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 51,300 people earned their degree in agriculture and agriculture operations, making the major the 23rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agriculture and agriculture operations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,886 and had an average of $19,085 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 7,444 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,585 and $19,241 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,251 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agriculture and agriculture operations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agriculture and agriculture operations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas State Technical College

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$10,114 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

TSTC also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $10,114 for southwest region associate degree agriculture & agriculture operations students with aid per year to attend Texas State Technical College.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at TSTC

#2

Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Goodwell, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$10,537 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Panhandle State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. OPSU is located in Goodwell, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

OPSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,537 for southwest region associate degree agriculture & agriculture operations students with aid per year to attend Oklahoma Panhandle State University.

Full OPSU Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#3

Navarro College

Corsicana, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$14,349 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Navarro College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Navarro College is a medium-sized school located in Corsicana, Texas that handed out 12 associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Navarro College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Navarro College is $14,349 for southwest region associate degree agriculture & agriculture operations students with aid.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Navarro College

#4

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#4 in overall quality

$9,516 Average Net Price

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 #4 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $9,516 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students with aid.

Full ENMU - Main Campus Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (With Aid)

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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