2023 Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$34,857
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Agriculture is the 157th most popular major in the country with 3,370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,894 and had an average of $20,543 in loans still to pay off.
Across Utah, there were 63 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,857 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,652 and $24,483 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general agriculture programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cedar City, Utah, this fairly large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Southern Utah University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking.According to our most recent data, Southern Utah University supports 12,582 students, and 534 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 378 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $24,076. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern Utah University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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