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2022 Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
231 Degrees Awarded
$9,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

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Crop Production is the 723rd most popular major in the country with 376 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 231 crop production graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in crop production. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great crop production programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the crop production program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Crop Production (Income $0-$30k)

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified associates’s crop production students in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,285 for associate degree crop production students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend North Carolina State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Crop Production at NC State

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Tifton, Georgia, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s crop production students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ABAC Tifton, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is $4,838 for associate degree crop production students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Crop Production at ABAC Tifton

#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 associates’s crop production degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,137 for Associate Degree Crop Production students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Crop Production at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute landed the #4 spot on the list. Wooster, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s crop production degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree crop production students whose families make $0-$30k list, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is $13,854 for Associate Degree Crop Production students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Crop Production at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

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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