2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Plains States Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Agriculture is the 157th most popular major in the country with 3,151 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , general agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $36,874 and had an average of $19,583 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 424 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,991 and $17,652 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 249 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general agriculture.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Top 13 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Plains States Region
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dickinson State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dickinson State University is a public institution located in Dickinson, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Agriculture at Dickinson State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Jefferson City, Missouri, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Lincoln University General Agriculture Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 45 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota State University General Agriculture Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Truman State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Kirksville, Missouri, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Agriculture at Truman State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Missouri State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Maryville, Missouri, this medium-sized public school handed out 29 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 Northwest Missouri State University General Agriculture Report
Fort Hays State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking. FHSU is a fairly large school located in Hays, Kansas that handed out 41 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Agriculture at FHSU
Dordt University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Sioux Center, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Dordt University General Agriculture Report
North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 13 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus General Agriculture Report
University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Agriculture at UNL
University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #10. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 29 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Full Mizzou General Agriculture Report
Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 18 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 Missouri State General Agriculture Report
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 3 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Agriculture at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
With a ranking of #13, Concordia University, Nebraska did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Seward, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Agriculture at Concordia University, Nebraska
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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