2023 Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Agriculture for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Agriculture for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 3,370 people earned their degree in general agriculture, making the major the 157th most popular in the United States. 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 North Carolina, there were 86 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,193 and $23,566 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general agriculture programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Agriculture for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Agriculture for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Agriculture for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in North Carolina
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Agriculture for a Master’s list. NC A&T is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 11 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
NC A&T also made our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, NC A&T supports 12,753 students, and 789 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 245 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,612. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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