2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 597 people earned their degree in agroecology & sustainable agriculture, making the major the 617th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 120 agroecology & sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 agroecology & sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,012 and $13,730 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agroecology & sustainable agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agroecology & sustainable agriculture.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree agroecology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture in the New England Region

1

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the New England Region list. SMCC is located in South Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 associates’s agroecology degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Southern Maine Community College

2

Kennebec Valley Community College
Fairfield, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennebec Valley Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Fairfield, Maine, and it awarded 0 associates’s agroecology degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Kennebec Valley Community College

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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