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2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
405 Degrees Awarded
$10,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations is the 228th most popular major in the country with 3,122 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 851 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 405 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in agribusiness/agricultural business operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agribusiness/agricultural business operations programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree agribusiness students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Fresno landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fresno, California, this large public school handed out 115 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.

Fresno State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Fresno is $3,731 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Fresno State

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 162 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also made our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $14,680 for far western us region bachelor’s degree agribusiness students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

#3

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $11,337 for far western us region bachelor’s degree agribusiness students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Washington State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Washington State University Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Chico landed the #4 spot on the list. Chico, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to 71 students in 2019-2020.

Chico State also made our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for California State University - Chico is $11,576 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Chico State

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Pomona, California, this large public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is $9,630 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Cal Poly Pomona Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report

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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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