2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agricultural Economics & Business is the 94th most popular major in the country with 8,504 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 479 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,233 and $20,910 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural economics and business. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural economics and business programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural economics and business program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

#1 in overall quality

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Cornell is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 6 doctorate’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region doctor’s degree agricultural business students with aid list, Cornell has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042.

Read more about Agricultural Economics & Business at Cornell University

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 4 doctorate’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business (With Aid)

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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