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2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

8 Ranked Colleges
298 Degrees Awarded
$9,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 1,390 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,850 and $15,747 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 298 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural economics and business. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural economics and business programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a public institution located in Fennimore, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southwest Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $9,037 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Lake Land College

Mattoon, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Land College landed the #2 spot on the list. Lake Land College is located in Mattoon, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 associates’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

Lake Land College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lake Land College is $4,007 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Lake Land College Agricultural Economics & Business Report

#3

Fox Valley Technical College

Appleton, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fox Valley Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Appleton, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified associates’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FVTC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FVTC is $9,371 for great lakes region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Fox Valley Technical College Agricultural Economics & Business Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Wooster, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural business degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is $14,808 for great lakes region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#5

Rend Lake College

Ina, Illinois
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rend Lake College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ina, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural business degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Rend Lake College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $5,283 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Rend Lake College.

Read more about Agricultural Economics & Business at Rend Lake College

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Northcentral Technical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Wausau, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural business degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

North Central Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $9,057 for great lakes region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Northcentral Technical College.

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University of Northwestern Ohio ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Northwestern Ohio is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lima, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Northwestern Ohio, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $16,125 for great lakes region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Northwestern Ohio.

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#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

NWTC also took the #8 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is $9,201 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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