2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income Over $110k) in New Jersey

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Across New Jersey, there were 16 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,288 and $24,807 respectively.

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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Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income Over $110k) in New Jersey

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$21,654 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. It costs about $21,654 for New Jersey Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Rutgers New Brunswick.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick General Agriculture Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income Over $110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income Over $110k)

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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