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2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$21,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (With Aid)

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa
#2 in overall quality
$15,496 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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s international ag degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,496 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students with aid per year to attend Iowa State University.

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%.

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality
$40,126 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cornell University is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 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. The estimated yearly cost for Cornell is $40,126 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students with aid.

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%. 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.

Full Cornell University International Agriculture Report

#3

University of California - Davis

Davis, California
#3 in overall quality
$14,669 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #3 spot on the 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 also made our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $14,669 for bachelor’s degree international ag students with aid per year to attend UC Davis.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full University of California - Davis International Agriculture Report

#4

Utah State University

Logan, Utah
#5 in overall quality
$13,634 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 Getting Aid list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international ag students in 2019-2020.

USU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Utah State University is $13,634 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students with aid.

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#5

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#4 in overall quality
$25,102 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid 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.

Dordt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $25,102 for Bachelor’s Degree International Ag students with aid per year to attend Dordt University.

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%.

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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).
  • 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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