2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students 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 “Best Value Agriculture Schools in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Agriculture is the 148th most popular major in the country with 3,332 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

Across North Dakota, there were 36 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general agriculture programs, but they also 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 in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $30-$48k) in North Dakota

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,544 Average Net Price

$46,630 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agriculture degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Agriculture Schools in North Dakota” list. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University is $12,544 for North Dakota Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.

Read more about General Agriculture at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

#2

Dickinson State University

Dickinson, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$7,955 Average Net Price

$38,400 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dickinson State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools in North Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k list. Dickinson State University is located in Dickinson, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 ’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

DSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Schools in North Dakota” ranking. It costs about $7,955 for North Dakota Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Dickinson State University.

Read full report on General Agriculture at DSU

• Best Value Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $30-$48k)

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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