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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations (Income $0-$30k) in California

4 Ranked Colleges
395 Degrees Awarded
$8,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations is the 228th most popular major in the country with 3,122 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 841 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 395 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in agribusiness/agricultural business operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agribusiness/agricultural business operations programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agribusiness/agricultural business 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 Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations (Income $0-$30k) in California

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Fresno landed the #1 spot on the list. California State University - Fresno is a large public school situated in Fresno, California. It awarded 115 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.

Fresno State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $3,264 for california bachelor’s degree agribusiness students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Fresno State.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in San Luis Obispo, California, and it awarded 162 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $12,475 for California Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Chico. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. California State University - Chico is a fairly large public school situated in Chico, California. It awarded 71 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.

Chico State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Chico State is $10,260 for california bachelor’s degree agribusiness students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Pomona, California, this large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $8,596 for california bachelor’s degree agribusiness students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Cal Poly Pomona.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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