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2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
638 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Plains States region, there were 7,202 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,870 and $18,157 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 638 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agriculture and agriculture operations programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 170 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 13 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #3 spot on the list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #5 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 117 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region doctor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students whose families make $75-$110k list, UMN Twin Cities has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

Kansas State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. K -State is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 156 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region doctor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students whose families make $75-$110k list, K -State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Mizzou is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 139 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mizzou, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193.

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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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