2022 Best Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

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 Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Production Operations is the 1192nd most popular major in the country with 24 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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

This year’s “Best Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural production operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural production operations programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree ag production ops students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations (With Aid)

#1

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,939 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Kirkwood Community College is a fairly large school located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that handed out 12 associates’s ag production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree ag production ops students with aid list, Kirkwood Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kirkwood Community College is $10,939 for associate degree ag production ops students with aid.

Read full report on Agricultural Production Operations at Kirkwood Community College

#2

Ellsworth Community College

Iowa Falls, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$11,198 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ellsworth Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Ellsworth is a small public school situated in Iowa Falls, Iowa. It awarded 3 associates’s ag production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

Ellsworth also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $11,198 for associate degree ag production ops students with aid per year to attend Ellsworth Community College.

Read more about Agricultural Production Operations at Ellsworth

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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