2023 Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
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Ranked Colleges
66
Degrees Awarded
$33,300
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agriculture is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 3,370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New York, there were 91 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agriculture programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agriculture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new york bachelor’s degree vets studying agriculture.
Top 1 Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cornell University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 66 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Cornell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list.According to our most recent data, Cornell University supports 23,620 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,780. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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