2023 Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly for Agroecology for an Associate” ranking.
Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture is the 617th most popular major in the country with 552 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 60 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agroecology and sustainable agriculture programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agroecology and sustainable agriculture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Agroecology for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying agroecology.
Top 1 Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Agroecology for an Associate list. Southern Maine Community College is located in South Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 associates’s agroecology degrees to qualified students.
SMCC also made our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Of the 5,789 students enrolled at SMCC, 251 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 143 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,882. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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