2022 Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Agronomy & Crop Science is the 393rd most popular major in the country with 1,192 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 182 agronomy and crop science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 agronomy and crop science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in agronomy and crop science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agronomy and crop science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agronomy and crop science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agronomy & Crop Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UW - Madison Agronomy & Crop Science Report

#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 22 masters’s agronomy and crop science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agronomy & Crop Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agronomy & Crop Science (Income $0-$30k)

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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