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2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region

6 Ranked Colleges
742 Degrees Awarded
$10,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region

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 an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,720 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,213 and $17,916 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 742 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $17,711 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agriculture and agriculture operations program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Rocky Mountains Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. BYU - I is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 8 associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU - I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend BYU - I is $7,167 for rocky mountains region associate degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Brigham Young University - Idaho

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region. USU is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend USU is $13,634 for rocky mountains region associate degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

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#3

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Utah University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Cedar City, Utah, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Utah University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Utah University is $14,285 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana - Western. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Dillon, Montana, and it awarded 11 associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Montana Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Montana - Western is $13,929 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region list. College of Western Idaho is a public institution located in Nampa, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CWI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for College of Western Idaho is $6,711 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students.

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#6

Front Range Community College

Westminster, Colorado
#5 in overall quality

Front Range Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Westminster, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

FRCC also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend FRCC is $9,725 for rocky mountains region associate degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

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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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