2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

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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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 234 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,550 and $21,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

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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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree agriculture students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Delaware State University

Dover, Delaware

#1 in overall quality

$11,726 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dover, Delaware, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

Del State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Delaware State University are $11,726, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Agriculture at Del State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (With Aid)

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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