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2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
139 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,122 people earned their degree in agribusiness/agricultural business operations, making the major the 228th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 201 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 139 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in agribusiness/agricultural business operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agribusiness/agricultural business operations programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agribusiness/agricultural business operations program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #1 spot on the list. Laramie, Wyoming is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to 52 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree agribusiness students whose families make $0-$30k list, UW has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $8,231 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UW.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

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#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 24 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Idaho is $10,877 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 57 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.

Colorado State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State University - Fort Collins is $11,831 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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