2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Master’s in Maryland 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 Maryland, there were 335 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,800 and $19,854 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, Maryland

$16,978 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Princess Anne, Maryland, and it awarded 3 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMES, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMES are $16,978.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s 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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