2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Engineering is the 330th most popular major in the country with 1,564 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 90 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree ae students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s AE students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree ae students with aid list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 masters’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (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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