2025 Best Agronomy & Crop Science Schools in the Plains States Region
9Colleges in the Plains States Region
326Agronomy and Crop Science Degrees Awarded
A degree in agronomy & crop science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #405 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Agronomy & Crop Science Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 326 degrees in agronomy & crop science to qualified students.
Your choice of agronomy & crop science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for agronomy & crop science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Agronomy & Crop Science in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of agronomy and crop science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Agronomy and Crop Science
Any student pursuing a degree in agronomy & crop science has to take a look at Iowa State University. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were about 86 agronomy & crop science students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in agronomy & crop science needs to look into University of Nebraska - Lincoln. UNL is a very large public university located in the large city of Lincoln. A Best Colleges rank of #207 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were about 62 agronomy & crop science students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent data year.
South Dakota State University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in agronomy & crop science. South Dakota State is a large public university located in the town of Brookings. This university ranks 3rd out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were roughly 45 agronomy & crop science students who graduated with this degree at South Dakota State in the most recent year we have data available.
Kansas State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in agronomy & crop science. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. A Best Colleges rank of #269 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 38 agronomy & crop science students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the remote town of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 8th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were roughly 8 agronomy & crop science students who graduated with this degree at Mitchell Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
North Dakota State University is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fargo. A Best Colleges rank of #382 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means North Dakota State University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 agronomy & crop science students who graduated with this degree at North Dakota State University in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Maryville, Northwest is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 20th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 15 agronomy & crop science students who graduated with this degree at Northwest in the most recent data year.
Northeast is a medium-sized public college located in the town of Norfolk. This college ranks 10th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 14 agronomy & crop science students who graduated with this degree at Northeast in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 17 agronomy & crop science students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of agronomy & crop science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for agronomy & crop science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
