2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income Over $110k) in Iowa

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 Vallue Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,550 people earned their degree in ag mechanization, making the major the 235th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ag mechanization graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,100 and had an average of $16,882 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 109 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,500 and $14,400 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the ag mechanization program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income Over $110k) in Iowa

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$15,496 Average Net Price

$55,286 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 60 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $15,496 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Iowa State.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 89%.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at Iowa State

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income Over $110k)

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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