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2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k

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 Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 51,300 people earned their degree in agriculture and agriculture operations, making the major the 23rd most popular in the United States. 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 $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agriculture and agriculture operations programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agriculture and agriculture operations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 128 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #2 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 Purdue are $28,794.

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#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 #2 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 97 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 199 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 194 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 140 students 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 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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