2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $30-$48k) in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 California, there were 5,851 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,874 and $17,519 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,744 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agriculture and agriculture operations programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agriculture and agriculture operations 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 Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california associate degree agriculture & agriculture operations students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

Moorpark College

Moorpark, California

#1 in overall quality

$1,177 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Moorpark College landed the #1 spot on the list. Moorpark College is a public institution located in Moorpark, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 40 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Moorpark College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $1,177 for California Associate Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Moorpark College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $30-$48k)

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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