2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s
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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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,110 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 46 colleges that offer 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
Out of the 46 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
North Dakota State University also made our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University is $16,584 for bachelor’s degree agribusiness students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 46 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.
South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State is $19,252 for bachelor’s degree agribusiness students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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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Out of the 46 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #3 spot on the list. UW - River Falls is located in River Falls, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - River Falls, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls is $13,748 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Platteville, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Platteville, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Platteville is $15,718 for bachelor’s degree agribusiness students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 31 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University also took the #24 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,761 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students per year to attend West Texas A&M University.
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Southwest Minnesota State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Marshall, Minnesota, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Southwest Minnesota State University is $14,397 for bachelor’s degree agribusiness students.
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University of Minnesota - Crookston came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Crookston, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.
UMN Crookston also made our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #20. The yearly cost to attend UMN Crookston is $10,952 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
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Iowa State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 118 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State is $15,496 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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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California State University - Fresno did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. Fresno State is located in Fresno, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 115 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.
Fresno State also made our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $5,464 for bachelor’s degree agribusiness students per year to attend Fresno State.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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.
Northwest Missouri State University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 64 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.
Northwest also took the #21 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,354 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students per year to attend Northwest Missouri State University.
The University of Tennessee - Martin came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. The University of Tennessee - Martin is a medium-sized public school situated in Martin, Tennessee. It awarded 70 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UT Martin is $10,955 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
Northwestern Oklahoma State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. Northwestern Oklahoma State University is located in Alva, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University is $9,791 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
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University of Wyoming did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #13. UW is a fairly large public school situated in Laramie, Wyoming. It awarded 52 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
UW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #18 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wyoming is $12,159 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 University of Wyoming Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report
Southeast Missouri State University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Southeast Missouri State University is $12,774 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
Full Southeast Missouri State University Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report
Oklahoma Panhandle State University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Oklahoma Panhandle State University is a public institution located in Goodwell, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,537 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students per year to attend OPSU.
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Sam Houston State University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
SHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #22 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $14,617 for bachelor’s degree agribusiness students per year to attend Sam Houston State University.
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Arkansas State University - Main Campus came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 52 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,406 for bachelor’s degree agribusiness students per year to attend A-State.
With a ranking of #18, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 162 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $21,595 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 39 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,725 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students per year to attend Missouri State.
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Lincoln University landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Jefferson City, Missouri, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Lincoln University is $7,830 for bachelor’s degree agribusiness students.
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With a ranking of #21, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UPR Mayaguez is a public institution located in Mayaguez, . The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,766 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students per year to attend University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UPR Mayaguez Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report
California State University - Chico came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Chico State is located in Chico, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 71 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chico State, the school also landed the #16 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for California State University - Chico is $15,017 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
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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Angelo State University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in San Angelo, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Angelo State University is $13,819 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
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North Carolina State University ranked #24 on this year’s Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 104 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2019-2020.
NC State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,458 for bachelor’s degree agribusiness students per year to attend North Carolina State University.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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University of Georgia came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to 51 students in 2019-2020.
UGA also made our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $13,649 for Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UGA Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report
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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%.
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- *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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