2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture is the 617th most popular major in the country with 597 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 58 agroecology & sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 agroecology & sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agroecology & sustainable agriculture. That schools that top this list have a program in agroecology & sustainable agriculture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The agroecology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Plains States Region”.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture in the Plains States Region

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Maharishi International University
Fairfield, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maharishi International University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Plains States Region. MIU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Full Maharishi International University Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Report

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agroecology Major in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 7 bachelors’s agroecology degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at North Dakota State University

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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