2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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International Agriculture is the 332nd most popular major in the country with 100 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 19 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,652 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international agriculture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their international agriculture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree international ag students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Chatham University landed the #1 spot on the list. Chatham University is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 8 masters’s international ag degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Chatham University International Agriculture Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 11 masters’s international ag degrees in 2021-2022.
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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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