2023 Best Agricultural & Food Products Processing Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
103
Degrees Awarded
$30,900
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Processing” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural & Food Products Processing is the 964th most popular major in the country with 237 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 103 agricultural and food products processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural and food products processing programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agricultural and food products processing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Processing” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Processing
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Processing”.
Top 1 Best Agricultural & Food Products Processing Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Processing. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school handed out 34 diplomas to qualified ’s agricultural processing students in 2020-2021.
K -State also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,562. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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).
- 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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