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2022 Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k

14 Ranked Colleges
433 Degrees Awarded
$14,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 900 people earned their degree in agricultural production operations, making the major the 550th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 433 agricultural production operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural production operations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural production operations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural production operations 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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Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 14 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations (Income Over $110k)

#1

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k list. Mitchell, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural production ops degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

Mitchell Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Mitchell Technical College is $12,472 for Associate Degree Agricultural Production Ops students whose families make more than $110k.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Iowa Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k. This small school is located in Calmar, Iowa, and it awarded 2 associates’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

NICC also made our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Iowa Community College is $10,505 for Associate Degree Agricultural Production Ops students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Northeast Iowa Community College Agricultural Production Operations Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k. Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture is a small public school situated in Curtis, Nebraska. It awarded 59 associates’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture is $13,108 for associate degree agricultural production ops students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k list. This fairly large school is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and it awarded 28 associates’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

Kirkwood Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,939 for Associate Degree Agricultural Production Ops students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Kirkwood Community College.

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#5

Garden City Community College

Garden City, Kansas
#11 in overall quality

Out of the 14 schools in the Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Garden City Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Garden City, Kansas, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s agricultural production ops students in 2019-2020.

Garden City Community College also made our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $4,795 for associate degree agricultural production ops students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Garden City Community College.

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#8 in overall quality

North Iowa Area Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k list. North Iowa Area Community College is a small public school situated in Mason City, Iowa. It awarded 13 associates’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Iowa Area Community College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Iowa Area Community College is $8,409 for associate degree agricultural production ops students whose families make more than $110k.

Full North Iowa Area Community College Agricultural Production Operations Report

#7

South Central College

North Mankato, Minnesota
#7 in overall quality

South Central College did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in North Mankato, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s agricultural production ops students in 2019-2020.

South Central College also made our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $10,175 for associate degree agricultural production ops students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend South Central College.

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#8

Lake Land College

Mattoon, Illinois
#12 in overall quality

Lake Land College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Lake Land College is located in Mattoon, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 associates’s agricultural production ops degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our associate degree agricultural production ops students whose families make more than $110k list, Lake Land College has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lake Land College is $4,468 for Associate Degree Agricultural Production Ops students whose families make more than $110k.

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#9

Iowa Lakes Community College

Estherville, Iowa
#9 in overall quality

Iowa Lakes Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #9. Estherville, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural production ops degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa Lakes Community College also made our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend Iowa Lakes Community College is $10,509 for associate degree agricultural production ops students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Iowa Lakes Community College Agricultural Production Operations Report

#10

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

Virginia Tech landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural production ops degrees to 55 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $21,198 for associate degree agricultural production ops students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Virginia Tech Agricultural Production Operations Report

#11

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#10 in overall quality

Western Kentucky University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 5 associates’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU also made our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. It costs about $11,962 for associate degree agricultural production ops students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend WKU.

Read more about Agricultural Production Operations at Western Kentucky University

#12

Rend Lake College

Ina, Illinois
#14 in overall quality

Rend Lake College landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k ranking. This small school is located in Ina, Illinois, and it awarded 4 associates’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

Rend Lake College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $5,636 for Associate Degree Agricultural Production Ops students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Rend Lake College.

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#13

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #13, Dordt University did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k list. Dordt is located in Sioux Center, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s agricultural production ops degrees to qualified students.

Dordt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Dordt University is $25,102 for Associate Degree Agricultural Production Ops students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production Operations at Dordt University

#13 in overall quality

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus ranked #14 on this year’s Best Vallue Agricultural Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k list. ENMU - Main Campus is a public institution located in Portales, New Mexico. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $9,516 for associate degree agricultural production ops students whose families make more than $110k.

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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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