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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

4 Ranked Colleges
60 Degrees Awarded
$6,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 60 farm/farm and ranch management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in farm/farm and ranch management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent farm/farm and ranch management 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 farm/farm and ranch management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bismarck State College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. BSC is a public institution located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BSC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bismarck State College is $6,514 for plains states region associate degree farm/farm & ranch management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeast is a public institution located in Norfolk, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeast did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast is $6,473 for plains states region associate degree farm/farm & ranch management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

Ridgewater College

Willmar, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ridgewater College landed the #3 spot on the list. Ridgewater College is located in Willmar, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s farm/farm and ranch management degrees to qualified students.

Ridgewater College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ridgewater College is $10,099 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Farm/Farm & Ranch Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Farm/Farm & Ranch Management at Ridgewater College

#4

Fort Scott Community College

Fort Scott, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Scott Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Fort Scott, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s farm/farm and ranch management degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FSCC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $3,898 for plains states region associate degree farm/farm & ranch management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend FSCC.

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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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