2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations (With Aid)
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 an Associate For Those Getting Aid” 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.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 674 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agribusiness/agricultural business operations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.
Top 13 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations (With Aid)
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Iowa Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Calmar, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agribusiness degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NICC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NICC is $10,505 for Associate Degree Agribusiness students with aid.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Northeast Community College is a medium-sized school located in Norfolk, Nebraska that handed out 19 associates’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree agribusiness students with aid list, Northeast has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Community College is $8,749 for associate degree agribusiness students with aid.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ridgewater College landed the #3 spot on the list. Ridgewater College is a small school located in Willmar, Minnesota that handed out 11 associates’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
Ridgewater College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ridgewater College is $11,764 for Associate Degree Agribusiness students with aid.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a small school located in Fennimore, Wisconsin that handed out 7 associates’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
Southwest Tech also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southwest Tech is $9,955 for associate degree agribusiness students with aid.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Central College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in North Mankato, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.
South Central College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Central College is $10,175 for associate degree agribusiness students with aid.
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Wayne Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Wayne Community College is a small school located in Goldsboro, North Carolina that handed out 8 associates’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
Wayne Community College also made our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. The yearly cost to attend Wayne Community College is $2,315 for associate degree agribusiness students with aid.
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Northcentral Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Wausau, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agribusiness degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree agribusiness students with aid list, North Central Technical College has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northcentral Technical College is $10,131 for associate degree agribusiness students with aid.
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Northwest Mississippi Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. NWCC is a medium-sized school located in Senatobia, Mississippi that handed out 2 associates’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
NWCC also made our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #13. The yearly cost to attend NWCC is $6,009 for associate degree agribusiness students with aid.
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University of Arkansas at Monticello did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. University of Arkansas at Monticello is located in Monticello, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 associates’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.
UAM also took the #7 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas at Monticello is $12,136 for associate degree agribusiness students with aid.
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Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a public institution located in Magnolia, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $14,270 for associate degree agribusiness students with aid per year to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus.
SUNY Cobleskill landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Cobleskill, New York, this small public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.
SUNY Cobleskill also made our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Cobleskill is $16,647 for Associate Degree Agribusiness students with aid.
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With a ranking of #12, Alfred State College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Alfred State is located in Alfred, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our associate degree agribusiness students with aid list, Alfred State has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Alfred State College is $16,630 for Associate Degree Agribusiness students with aid.
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Morrisville State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #13. Morrisville State College is located in Morrisville, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Morrisville State College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Morrisville State College is $19,350 for Associate Degree Agribusiness students with aid.
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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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