2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Plains States Region

1

Lincoln University
Jefferson City, Missouri

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Jefferson City, Missouri, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full LU Missouri General Agriculture Report

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 University of Nebraska - Lincoln General Agriculture Report

3

Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, Missouri

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Missouri State General Agriculture Report

4

Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Missouri State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region. Northwest Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Maryville, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Agriculture at Northwest Missouri State University

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

• *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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