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2023 Best Value Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$8,234 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,711 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, agriculture and agriculture operations was ranked #21 in the country. In fact 49,899 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Check out the agriculture and agriculture operations associate degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Oklahoma Panhandle State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Goodwell, OPSU is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OPSU are $8,234 per year.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges by State

Explore the best agriculture and agriculture operations colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 501
Texas 3,944
New Mexico 286
Oklahoma 1,101

Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 8,646
Animal Science 8,294
Agricultural Economics & Business 8,098
General Agriculture 3,370
Horticulture 3,234
Plant Sciences 3,175
Agricultural Production 3,066
Food Science Technology 2,532
Agricultural Mechanization 1,280
Animal Services 990
Agricultural Public Services 845
Other Agriculture 602
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 527
Soil Sciences 406
Food Processing 237
International Agriculture 122
Veterinary Administrative Services 118

Majors Similar to Agriculture & Agriculture Operations

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to W.carter.

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