2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 571 people earned their degree in agroecology and sustainable agriculture, making the major the 639th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 72 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in agroecology and sustainable agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agroecology and sustainable agriculture programs, but they also cost less that 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 agroecology and sustainable agriculture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 4 masters’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Report

#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 2 masters’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture (With Aid)

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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