2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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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 Plains States region, there were 79 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agroecology and sustainable agriculture programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 2 doctorate’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture

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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