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2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
764 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agriculture & Agriculture Operations is the 23rd most popular major in the country with 51,300 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agriculture and agriculture operations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,886 and had an average of $19,085 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 8,378 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,108 and $17,531 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 764 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agriculture and agriculture operations programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agriculture and agriculture operations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 97 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.

Full UW - Madison Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 128 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 199 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 194 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Michigan State University is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 140 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Michigan State

#6 in overall quality

Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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