by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 100 people earned their degree in international agriculture, making the major the 332nd most popular in the United States. In , international agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $35,046 and had an average of $26,139 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in international agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in international agriculture.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree international ag students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of the Ozarks. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major. College of the Ozarks is located in Point Lookout, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s international ag degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major list. Dordt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Center, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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 more about International Agriculture at Dordt University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major list. Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s international ag degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major. University of California - Davis is a large public school situated in Davis, California. It awarded 13 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on International Agriculture at University of California - Davis
Huntington University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major ranking. Located in Huntington, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s international ag students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Wilmington College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major list. Wilmington College is a small school located in Wilmington, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about International Agriculture at Wilmington College
With a ranking of #6, Utah State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 1 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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