2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 Illinois, there were 2,901 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,040 and $17,274 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 205 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The agriculture & agriculture operations school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. SIUC 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.

SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928.

Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 199 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $75-$110k)

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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