2025 Best Agricultural Public Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Agricultural Public Servicesmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #218 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Agricultural Public Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 97 master's degrees in agricultural public services during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Agricultural Public Services School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of agricultural public services for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality agricultural public services program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on agricultural public services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of agricultural public services students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for agricultural public services to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized agricultural public services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for agricultural public services students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The agricultural public services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Agricultural Public Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Agricultural Public Services in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in agricultural public services.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Agricultural Public Services

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

16 Annual Graduates

North Carolina State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in agricultural public services. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in agricultural public services from North Carolina State University

2

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

17 Annual Graduates

$52,665 Median Starting Salary

University of Georgia is a great choice for students interested in a master's degree in agricultural public services. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Athens.

Soon after graduating, agricultural public services master's recipients usually make an average of $52,665 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in agricultural public services from University of Georgia

3

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

44 Annual Graduates

$54,313 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat The University of Tennessee - Knoxville if you wish to pursue a master's degree in agricultural public services. UT Knoxville is a very large public university located in the city of Knoxville.

Soon after graduating, agricultural public services master's recipients generally make around $54,313 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in agricultural public services from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

4

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

12 Annual Graduates

University of Kentucky is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in agricultural public services. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in agricultural public services from University of Kentucky

Best Agricultural Public Services Colleges by State

Explore the best agricultural public services colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	190	27
North Carolina	178	16
Tennessee	166	20
Kentucky	147	6
Louisiana	147	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Agricultural Public Services

Agricultural Public Services is one of 18 different types of Agriculture & Agriculture Operations programs to choose from.

Agricultural Public Services Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Agricultural & Extension Education Services	97

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Plant Sciences	165
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	144
Animal Science	143
Agricultural Economics & Business	107
General Agriculture	100
Other Agriculture	89
Food Science Technology	80
Agricultural Production	77
Soil Sciences	49

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Bob Nichols. More about our data sources and methodologies.