2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the New England Region (With Aid)

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 Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the New England region, there were 14 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 $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$22,012 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 7 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Connecticut is $22,012 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Connecticut General Agriculture Report

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$18,982 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. UVM is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 5 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UVM is $18,982 for new england region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

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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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