2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Plains States Region
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Agricultural Mechanization is the 644th most popular major in the country with 459 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 143 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 113 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural mechanization. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agricultural mechanization program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree ag mech students.
Top 7 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region list. UMN Crookston is a public institution located in Crookston, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at University of Minnesota - Crookston
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Full South Dakota State University Agricultural Mechanization Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s ag mech degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at Iowa State
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 22 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Agricultural Mechanization Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at North Dakota State University
Kansas State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region list. Kansas State University is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at Kansas State University
University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Full University of Missouri - Columbia Agricultural Mechanization Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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