2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Delaware, there were 76 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,600 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 73 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,767 and $24,717 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for delaware bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $48-$75k) in Delaware

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

#1 in overall quality

$14,622 Average Net Price

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 51 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Delaware is $14,622 for Delaware Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read full report on General Agriculture at University of Delaware

#2

Delaware State University

Dover, Delaware

#2 in overall quality

$14,529 Average Net Price

$28,381 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Dover, Delaware, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Del State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware” ranking. It costs about $14,529 for Delaware Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Delaware State University.

Read full report on General Agriculture at Delaware State University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $48-$75k)

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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