2022 Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 $48-$75k” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in farm/farm and ranch management. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree farm/farm & ranch management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$9,211 Average Net Price

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 $48-$75k. BSC is a small public school situated in Bismarck, North Dakota. It awarded 18 associates’s farm/farm and ranch management degrees in 2019-2020.

BSC also made our “Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Bismarck State College is $9,211 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Farm/Farm & Ranch Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#3 in overall quality

$9,455 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Northeast is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 associates’s farm/farm and ranch management degrees to qualified students.

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 $9,455 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Farm/Farm & Ranch Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#3

Ridgewater College

Willmar, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$11,909 Average Net Price

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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ridgewater College landed the #3 spot on the list. Ridgewater College is a small public school situated in Willmar, Minnesota. It awarded 5 associates’s farm/farm and ranch management degrees in 2019-2020.

Ridgewater College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,909 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Farm/Farm & Ranch Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Ridgewater College.

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#4

Fort Scott Community College

Fort Scott, Kansas

#4 in overall quality

$6,969 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Scott Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Fort Scott, Kansas, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s farm/farm and ranch management students in 2019-2020.

FSCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Farm/Farm & Ranch Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $6,969 for plains states region associate degree farm/farm & ranch management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend FSCC.

Read more about Farm/Farm & Ranch Management at Fort Scott Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Farm/Farm & Ranch Management (Income $48-$75k)

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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