2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 8,504 people earned their degree in agricultural economics and business, making the major the 94th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural economics and business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,058 and had an average of $17,639 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 44 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,200 and $20,436 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural economics and business programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural economics and business program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$72,482 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

Read full report on Agricultural Economics & Business at Virginia Tech

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business (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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