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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
263 Degrees Awarded
$15,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural business. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural business programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#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 #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. 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. It costs about $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students with aid per year to attend UNL.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Agricultural Business at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,001 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students with aid per year to attend University of Missouri - Columbia.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Business at Mizzou

#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 Getting Aid. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to 65 students in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $18,285 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students with aid per year to attend K -State.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full K -State Agricultural Business Report

#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 Getting Aid list. Fort Hays State University is located in Hays, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 60 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

FHSU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $12,053 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students with aid per year to attend Fort Hays State University.

Full FHSU Agricultural Business Report

#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 Getting Aid. UNK is a medium-sized public school situated in Kearney, Nebraska. It awarded 13 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

UNK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska at Kearney is $16,017 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Full UNK Agricultural Business 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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