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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $0-$30k)

5 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$12,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International Agriculture is the 329th most popular major in the country with 164 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, international agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,400 and had an average of $18,123 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 98 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in international agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international agriculture programs, but they also 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 international agriculture program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality
$7,484 Average Net Price
$31,839 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,484 for bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Cornell University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about International Agriculture at Cornell

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa
#2 in overall quality
$10,054 Average Net Price
$23,113 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 52 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,054 for bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Iowa State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Iowa State University International Agriculture Report

#3

University of California - Davis

Davis, California
#3 in overall quality
$9,842 Average Net Price
$21,508 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also made our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend UC Davis is $9,842 for bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of California - Davis International Agriculture Report

#4

Utah State University

Logan, Utah
#5 in overall quality
$10,643 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. USU is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $0-$30k list, USU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Utah State University is $10,643 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Utah State University International Agriculture Report

#5

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#4 in overall quality
$24,967 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Sioux Center, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international ag students in 2019-2020.

Dordt also made our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Dordt is $24,967 for bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Read full report on International Agriculture at Dordt

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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