2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agribusiness for an Associate
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agribusiness for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,108 people earned their degree in agribusiness/agricultural business operations, making the major the 230th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 177 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 42 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agribusiness/agricultural business operations programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agribusiness/agricultural business operations program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agribusiness for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agribusiness for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agribusiness for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agribusiness for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Fennimore, Wisconsin, and it awarded 4 associates’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwest Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 36 of the 2,581 students enrolled at Southwest Tech were GI Bill® students, of which 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,505. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College]](/colleges/southwest-wisconsin-technical-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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