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2023 Best Value General Agriculture Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$15,860 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,281 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Agriculture Master's Degree School for You

General Agriculture is the #200 most popular major in the country with 353 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Agriculture Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for agriculture students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for agriculture majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best General Agriculture Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for general agriculture students working on their master’s degree. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

SHSU graduate students pay an average of $16,009 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the fringe town of Canyon.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at West Texas A&M University are $8,574 per year.

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#3

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Angelo State University is a great value for general agriculture students working on their master’s degree. Angelo State is a large public school located in the city of San Angelo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Angelo State are $14,590 per year.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Out of the 10 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Stephen F Austin State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general agriculture schools in the Southwest Region . SFASU is a large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SFASU are $15,695 per year.

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#6

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

With a ranking of #6, Tarleton State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general agriculture students working on their master’s degree. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stephenville.

Tarleton graduate students pay an average of $15,031 in tuition and fees each year.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general agriculture programs. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,344 a year.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general agriculture students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, OSU also did well on our Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full General Agriculture at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report

Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Commerce are $14,682 per year.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general agriculture students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

NMSU Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $18,275 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best General Agriculture Colleges by State

Explore the best general agriculture schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 80
Oklahoma 6
New Mexico 4

General Agriculture is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Plant Sciences 912
Food Science Technology 692
Animal Science 596
Agricultural Economics & Business 410
Agricultural Public Services 179

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools 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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