2022 Best Value 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 has developed its “Best Value AE Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value AE Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value AE Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$14,648 Average Net Price

$44,004 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value AE Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. OSU is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 34 ’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for Southwest Region AE students with aid.

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

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at OSU

#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

$53,657 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value AE Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 56 ’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region AE students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station

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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

• *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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