2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 108 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural mechanization. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural mechanization programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural mechanization 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 Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree ag mech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$5,483 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $5,483 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree ag mech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Purdue University - Main Campus.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at Purdue University - Main Campus

#2

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$8,366 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in River Falls, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2019-2020.

UW - River Falls did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - River Falls is $8,366 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree ag mech students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Wisconsin - River Falls Agricultural Mechanization Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s 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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