2021 Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges for Non-Traditional Students
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Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 21,000 people earned their bachelor's in agriculture & agriculture operations, making the major the #22 most popular in the United States.
For this year's Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking, we looked at 97 colleges that offer a bachelor's in agriculture & agriculture operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agriculture & agriculture operations programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the agriculture & agriculture operations program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools
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 the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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2021 Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States
Check out the agriculture & agriculture operations programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 15% Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Delaware Valley University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the United States that are best for non-traditional agriculture & agriculture operations students. DelVal is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Doylestown. DelVal also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.2%. There are approximately 519 students at DelVal that take at least one class online. 478 of DelVal students are attending part time.
Kansas State University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 6,181 students at K -State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,739 part time students in attendance at K -State.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Texas A&M University - College Station. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations ranking.
The student loan default rate at Texas A&M College Station is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 24,343 students at Texas A&M College Station that take at least one class online. 9,943 of Texas A&M College Station students are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a fairly large student population. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also made our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations list, coming in at #4.
About 0.8% of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 15,682 students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,455 part time students in attendance at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Cornell University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cornell has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations ranking.
About 0.4% of Cornell students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,837 students at Cornell that take at least one class online. There are roughly 574 part time students in attendance at Cornell.
Our rankings recognize North Dakota State University - Main Campus as the #6 school in this year's rankings. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fargo. North Dakota State University also made our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations list, coming in at #8.
The student loan default rate at North Dakota State University is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,213 students take at least one class online at North Dakota State University. 2,437 students are part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to South Dakota State University. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a large student population. South Dakota State also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations list. It's in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 3,503 students at South Dakota State that take at least one class online. 3,375 of South Dakota State students are attending part time.
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Ohio State University - Main Campus. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population. Ohio State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,459 part time students in attendance at Ohio State.
Our rankings recognize SUNY Cobleskill as the #9 school in this year's rankings. SUNY Cobleskill is a small public school located in the town of Cobleskill.
About 3.1% of SUNY Cobleskill students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 819 students take at least one class online at SUNY Cobleskill. 138 of SUNY Cobleskill students are attending part time.
Iowa State University earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Iowa State has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 14,911 students at Iowa State that take at least one class online. 3,155 of Iowa State students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Nebraska - Lincoln as the #11 school in this year's rankings. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln. UNL excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 13,905 students at UNL that take at least one class online. 3,376 of UNL students are attending part time.
University of Wisconsin - Madison comes in at #12 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, UW - Madison is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. About 4,683 of the students at UW - Madison are attending part time.
Purdue University - Main Campus comes in at #13 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population. Purdue not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 19,239 students at Purdue that take at least one class online. 7,612 of Purdue students are attending part time.
The #14 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, UIUC also did well on our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations list. It's in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 students are part time.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges for Non-Traditional Students award.
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 the rest 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).