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2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

4 Ranked Colleges
175 Degrees Awarded
$23,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate 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 a Doctorate 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 175 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Rocky Mountains Region

#4 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 #1 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region. Utah State University is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 4 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Utah State University

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region. UW is a fairly large public school situated in Laramie, Wyoming. It awarded 3 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

UW also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains 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 University of Wyoming are $16,615.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 160 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region doctor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students list, Colorado State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055.

Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#3

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region. Montana State University is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 4 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region doctor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students list, MSU Bozeman has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full MSU Bozeman Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #4 spot on the list. U of I is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 4 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full U of I 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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