by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations is the 230th most popular major in the country with 3,108 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 514 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 390 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 16 colleges that offered a degree in agribusiness/agricultural business operations. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agribusiness/agricultural business operations.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Maryville, Missouri, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at South Dakota State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region list. UMN Crookston is a small public school situated in Crookston, Minnesota. It awarded 11 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
Full UMN Crookston Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Missouri State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Southeast Missouri State University is a public institution located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Minnesota State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region list. Southwest Minnesota State University is a public institution located in Marshall, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Dordt University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region list. Dordt is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 8 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read full report on Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Dordt
With a ranking of #7, Tabor College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region list. Tabor is a small school located in Hillsboro, Kansas that handed out 2 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Tabor College Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report
With a ranking of #8, Iowa State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 121 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Iowa State University
Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri State is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 47 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Upper Iowa University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #10. Upper Iowa University is located in Fayette, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.
Full Upper Iowa University Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report
North Dakota State University - Main Campus came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region ranking. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Buena Vista University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Storm Lake, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Buena Vista University Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Report
University of Central Missouri did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Warrensburg, Missouri, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2020-2021.
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Mayville State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Mayville State University is a small public school situated in Mayville, North Dakota. It awarded 0 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Mayville State University
Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agribusiness students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Minnesota State Mankato
Midland University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agribusiness Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #14. Midland University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fremont, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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