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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $75-$110k)

5 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$20,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 164 people earned their degree in international agriculture, making the major the 329th most popular in the United States. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international agriculture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international ag degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $75-$110k list, Cornell has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $23,128 for bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Cornell.

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 student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Read full report on International Agriculture at Cornell

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 52 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $75-$110k list, Iowa State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State is $17,228 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on International Agriculture at Iowa State University

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 $75-$110k list. University of California - Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees 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 yearly cost to attend University of California - Davis is $17,622 for bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UC Davis International Agriculture Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Utah State University is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s international ag degrees to qualified students.

USU also made our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Utah State University is $16,895 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on International Agriculture at Utah State University

#5

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k 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.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree international ag students whose families make $75-$110k list, Dordt has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dordt is $26,237 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 more about International Agriculture at Dordt 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

  • *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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