2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in Illinois (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,332 people earned their degree in agriculture, making the major the 188th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 366 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

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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The agriculture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Illinois State University is a large school located in Normal, Illinois that handed out 4 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State are $11,069, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agriculture at Illinois State University

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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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