2021 Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in agriculture & agriculture operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agriculture & agriculture operations programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agriculture & agriculture operations program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying agriculture & agriculture operations.
Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Colorado State University - Fort Collins tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional agriculture & agriculture operations students. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Collins. Colorado State also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
About 0.8% of Colorado State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 12,180 students at Colorado State that take at least one class online. About 9,631 of the students at Colorado State are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Brigham Young University - Idaho. BYU - I is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Rexburg. BYU - I also made our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.
About 1.0% of BYU - I students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 23,058 students at BYU - I are exclusively online. About 26,387 of the students at BYU - I are attending part time.
University of Wyoming landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best agriculture & agriculture operations schools for non-traditional students. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population. UW also made our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 5,894 students at UW that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,493 part time students in attendance at UW.
University of Idaho earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a fairly large student population. U of I not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 3,845 students take at least one class online at U of I. 3,189 students are part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Utah State University. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan. USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at USU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 13,751 students at USU that take at least one class online. About 9,734 of the students at USU are attending part time.
Montana State University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population. MSU Bozeman also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at MSU Bozeman is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,510 students at MSU Bozeman that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,804 part time students in attendance at MSU Bozeman.
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).
