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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
117 Degrees Awarded
$16,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agricultural Production is the 177th most popular major in the country with 3,610 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural production graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,100 and had an average of $16,942 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 153 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,900 and $24,920 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural production. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural production 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 agricultural production program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 31 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $14,474 for new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Full UMass Amherst Agricultural Production Report

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UCONN is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $14,157 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Connecticut.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at University of Connecticut

#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. URI is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $30-$48k list, URI has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $15,509 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend URI.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at URI

#4

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $14,458 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Maine.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at UMaine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is located in Durham, New Hampshire and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $30-$48k list, UNH has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNH is $18,826 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Agricultural Production Report

#6

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island
#6 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - Providence ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

JWU Providence did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence is $24,024 for new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Agricultural Production at JWU Providence

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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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