2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,150 people earned their degree in agricultural teacher education, making the major the 411th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 135 agricultural teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 agricultural teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural teacher education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural teacher education 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 agricultural teacher education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$8,669 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 38 bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $8,669 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Teacher Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$8,115 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Portales, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural teacher education students in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus also made our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for ENMU - Main Campus is $8,115 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Agricultural Teacher Education at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

#3

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$6,896 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 12 bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,896 for southwest region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Read more about Agricultural Teacher Education at NMSU Main Campus

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k)

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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