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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
337 Degrees Awarded
$20,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 500 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,000 and $13,854 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 337 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general agriculture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general agriculture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Purdue University - Main Campus is $18,565 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Purdue General Agriculture Report

#2

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - River Falls is a public institution located in River Falls, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - River Falls, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $16,138 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UW - River Falls General Agriculture Report

#3

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 94 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k list, WIU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $20,181 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Western Illinois University.

Read full report on General Agriculture at Western Illinois University

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $20,698 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Full SIUC General Agriculture Report

#5

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Illinois State University is a large school located in Normal, Illinois that handed out 199 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois State also made our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $25,379 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Illinois State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Agriculture at Illinois State

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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

  • *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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