2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations in the Great Lakes Region

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 182 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agribusiness/agricultural business operations program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College

Fennimore, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$9,955 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a small school located in Fennimore, Wisconsin that handed out 7 associates’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region associate degree agribusiness students list, Southwest Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is $9,955 for great lakes region associate degree agribusiness students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Full Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report

#2

Northcentral Technical College

Wausau, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$10,131 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northcentral Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Wausau, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.

North Central Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northcentral Technical College is $10,131 for great lakes region associate degree agribusiness students.

Read full report on Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Northcentral Technical College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations

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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