2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations in Iowa

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In 2021-2022, 15 people earned their degree in agricultural production operations, making the major the 1275th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 14 agricultural production operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 14 agricultural production operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,441 and $13,776 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major in Iowa” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural production operations. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agricultural production operations program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major in Iowa

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

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations in Iowa

1

Ellsworth Community College
Iowa Falls, Iowa

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Ellsworth Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Ellsworth is a small school located in Iowa Falls, Iowa that handed out 5 associates’s ag production ops degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Agricultural Production Operations at Ellsworth Community College

2

Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indian Hills Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major in Iowa. IHCC is a small public school situated in Ottumwa, Iowa. It awarded 1 associates’s ag production ops degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production Operations at IHCC

3

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major in Iowa list. Kirkwood Community College is a fairly large school located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that handed out 8 associates’s ag production ops degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

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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

• *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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