2022 Best Value Colleges for Agriculture in Iowa (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agriculture Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Iowa, there were 30 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agriculture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agriculture program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Agriculture in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Ellsworth Community College

Iowa Falls, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$11,198 Average Net Price

$37,350 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ellsworth Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Iowa Falls, Iowa, this small public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified ’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

Ellsworth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agriculture Schools in Iowa” list. It costs about $11,198 for Iowa Agriculture students with aid per year to attend Ellsworth.

Read more about Agriculture at Ellsworth

#2

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,102 Average Net Price

$48,233 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid list. Dordt is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 4 ’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dordt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture Schools in Iowa” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dordt is $25,102 for iowa agriculture students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agriculture at Dordt

• Best Value Colleges for Agriculture in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Agriculture (With Aid)

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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