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2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$15,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,610 people earned their degree in agricultural production, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 528 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,167 and $12,486 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural production program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,544 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.

Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Agricultural Production Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Crookston, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural production students in 2019-2020.

UMN Crookston also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Minnesota - Crookston is $7,948 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full University of Minnesota - Crookston Agricultural Production Report

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State is $16,273 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at South Dakota State University

#4

William Woods University

Fulton, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Woods University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Fulton, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

William Woods also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend William Woods University is $26,790 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 full report on Agricultural Production at William Woods University

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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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