2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in North Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in North Dakota for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,370 people earned their degree in agriculture, making the major the 202nd most popular in the United States.

Across North Dakota, there were 33 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,120 and $27,473 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in North Dakota for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture. To top this list, a school must have a successful agriculture program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in North Dakota for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in North Dakota for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in North Dakota

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Dickinson State University
Dickinson, North Dakota

#9 overall quality in North Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in North Dakota for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Dickinson State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dickinson, North Dakota, this small public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Agriculture at Dickinson State University

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in North Dakota for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 11 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Agriculture Report

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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

• *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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