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2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Business is the 277th most popular major in the country with 2,193 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 698 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 263 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural business. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural business programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agricultural business program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 50 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mizzou is $13,145 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

UNL also made our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $16,197 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 65 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

K -State also made our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $16,889 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend K -State.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Hays State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

FHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Fort Hays State University is $12,549 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Nebraska at Kearney is a public institution located in Kearney, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNK also made our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney is $15,343 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Business at University of Nebraska at Kearney

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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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