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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
247 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 382 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 247 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agriculture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in San Luis Obispo, California, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is $22,585 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agriculture at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Stanislaus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. California State University - Stanislaus is a fairly large school located in Turlock, California that handed out 17 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Stan State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $12,381 for far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Stan State.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Agriculture at California State University - Stanislaus

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Chico. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Chico State is a fairly large public school situated in Chico, California. It awarded 69 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chico State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Chico State is $19,444 for far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agriculture at Chico State

#4

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k list, Wazzu has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $22,090 for far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Wazzu.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agriculture at Wazzu

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Hilo. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k. UH Hilo is a small school located in Hilo, Hawaii that handed out 27 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Hilo also took the #6 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $17,139 for far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UH Hilo.

Read more about Agriculture at University of Hawaii at Hilo

#6

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

Oregon State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 89 students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also made our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Oregon State University is $23,645 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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