2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Great Lakes region, there were 690 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,800 and $10,817 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural production programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The agricultural production 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 “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agricultural production degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Agricultural Production Report

#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agricultural production degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #0 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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