2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

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 Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 823 people earned their degree in agricultural public services, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,100 and had an average of $18,733 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 55 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural public services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural public services programs, but they also 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 public services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Kansas State University is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 8 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kansas State University are $24,115, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at K -State

#2

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

$11,589 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 1 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also took the #0 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full North Dakota State University Agricultural Public Services Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bob Nichols.

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