2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

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 Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Mechanization is the 580th most popular major in the country with 490 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 207 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural mechanization programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural mechanization 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

State Technical College of Missouri

Linn, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$9,576 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, State Technical College of Missouri landed the #1 spot on the list. Linn, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ag mech degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

STC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend State Technical College of Missouri is $9,576 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Ag Mech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at STC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (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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