2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,332 people earned their degree in general agriculture, making the major the 148th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,257 and had an average of $20,441 in loans still to pay off.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general agriculture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $0-$30k)

#1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agriculture degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Agriculture Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798.

Read full report on General Agriculture at UT Knoxville

#2

West Texas A&M University

Canyon, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,013 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 2 doctorate’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at West Texas A&M University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Texas A&M University are $8,013.

Read more about General Agriculture at West Texas A&M University

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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