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2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

4 Ranked Colleges
395 Degrees Awarded
$13,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor's in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations in California

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #1 spot on the 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 also made our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is $21,595 for California Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Read more about Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fresno. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. Located in Fresno, California, this large public school handed out 115 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students 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. The yearly cost to attend Fresno State is $5,464 for california bachelor’s degree agribusiness students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full California State University - Fresno Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Chico landed the #3 spot on the list. Chico, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to 71 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california bachelor’s degree agribusiness students list, Chico State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $15,017 for California Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students per year to attend Chico State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Chico State Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agribusiness Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is a public institution located in Pomona, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is $12,734 for California Bachelor’s Degree Agribusiness students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Cal Poly Pomona Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report

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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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