2025 Best Agricultural Economics Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
147Ag Economics Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in agricultural economics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #300 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Agricultural Economics Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 147 degrees in agricultural economics annually.
Your choice of agricultural economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for agricultural economics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Agricultural Economics Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Agricultural Economics in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of ag economics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Kansas State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in agricultural economics. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. This university ranks 2nd out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 42 agricultural economics students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in agricultural economics. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fargo. This university ranks 4th out of 12 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were approximately 41 agricultural economics students who graduated with this degree at North Dakota State University in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of Nebraska - Lincoln if you want to pursue a degree in agricultural economics. UNL is a very large public university located in the large city of Lincoln. A Best Colleges rank of #207 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 54 agricultural economics students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of agricultural economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for agricultural economics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
