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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa 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.

Across Iowa, there were 53 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,400 and $26,640 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$17,228 Average Net Price

$23,113 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 52 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international ag students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. It costs about $17,228 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students whose families make $75-$110k 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%. 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

#2

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$26,237 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k 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 #2 spot in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dordt is $26,237 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 full report on International Agriculture at Dordt University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $75-$110k)

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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