2022 Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Farm/Farm & Ranch Management is the 720th most popular major in the country with 439 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 264 farm/farm and ranch management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 112 farm/farm and ranch management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality farm/farm and ranch management 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 farm/farm and ranch management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The farm/farm & ranch management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree farm/farm & ranch management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,054 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 112 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s farm/farm and ranch management students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State is $10,054 for plains states region bachelor’s degree farm/farm & ranch management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Farm/Farm & Ranch Management at Iowa State

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management (Income $0-$30k)

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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