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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $30-$48k)

5 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$12,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

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 $30-$48k” 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 $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in international agriculture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international agriculture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international agriculture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality
$7,518 Average Net Price
$31,839 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Cornell University is $7,518 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Read more about International Agriculture at Cornell University

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa
#2 in overall quality
$10,843 Average Net Price
$23,113 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State is $10,843 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 Iowa State University

#3

University of California - Davis

Davis, California
#3 in overall quality
$10,769 Average Net Price
$21,508 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s international ag degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of California - Davis is $10,769 for bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 California - Davis International Agriculture Report

#4

Utah State University

Logan, Utah
#5 in overall quality
$12,034 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Utah State University is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 1 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2019-2020.

USU also made our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $12,034 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend USU.

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#5

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#4 in overall quality
$22,177 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the #5 spot on the list. Sioux Center, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international ag degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dordt, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $22,177 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Dordt.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about 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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