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2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
472 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 472 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 7 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $75-$110k) 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school handed out 94 diplomas to qualified masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Purdue

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students whose families make $75-$110k list, UW - Madison has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’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 UW - Madison are $25,523.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 82 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Ohio State Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 79 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Michigan State

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 106 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#6 in overall quality

Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students whose families make $75-$110k list, SIUC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SIUC Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#7

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

Illinois State University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Illinois State is a public institution located in Normal, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State are $11,069, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Illinois State Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

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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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