2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the New England Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 3,151 people earned their degree in agriculture, making the major the 202nd most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 14 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,317 and $23,797 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agriculture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in the New England Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampshire College landed the #1 spot on the list. Hampshire is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agriculture at Hampshire
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the New England Region list. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Connecticut Agriculture Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the New England Region list. University of Vermont is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Agriculture at UVM
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the New England Region. This small school is located in Presque Isle, Maine, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agriculture at University of Maine at Presque Isle
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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