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2022 Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$5,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Communication/Journalism is the 591st most popular major in the country with 448 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 90 agricultural communication/journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 agricultural communication/journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural communication/journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural communication/journalism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural communication/journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Communication/Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 59 bachelors’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UW - Madison is $4,367 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Communication/Journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UW - Madison Agricultural Communication/Journalism Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 10 bachelors’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is $5,477 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Communication/Journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UIUC Agricultural Communication/Journalism Report

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 13 bachelors’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $5,483 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree agricultural communication/journalism students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Purdue.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus Agricultural Communication/Journalism Report

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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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