2023 Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural Public Services is the 250th most popular major in the country with 845 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,132 and had an average of $18,854 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 39 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,566 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural public services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural public services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural public services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree vets studying agricultural public services.
Top 2 Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 2 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Dakota State University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 12,846 students enrolled at North Dakota State University - Main Campus, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Dakota State University - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s. K -State is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 2 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2020-2021.
K -State also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.Among the 20,854 students enrolled at Kansas State University, 1,099 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,562. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Kansas State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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