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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
337 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Agriculture is the 188th most popular major in the country with 3,332 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 500 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 337 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agriculture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agriculture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue University - Main Campus is $5,879 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus Agriculture Report

#2

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #2 spot on the list. UW - River Falls is a medium-sized school located in River Falls, Wisconsin that handed out 9 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - River Falls did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - River Falls is $10,124 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agriculture at University of Wisconsin - River Falls

#3

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 94 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

WIU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Western Illinois University is $14,526 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full WIU Agriculture Report

#4

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Normal, Illinois, this large public school awarded 199 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Illinois State is $14,999 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Illinois State Agriculture Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

SIUC also made our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend SIUC is $14,306 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Agriculture at SIUC

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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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