2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business & Management

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Agricultural Business & Management is the 895th most popular major in the country with 143 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 agricultural business and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural business and management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural business and management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agricultural business and management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The agricultural business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate”.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree agricultural business students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business & Management

#1

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

Wooster, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$17,608 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wooster, Ohio, and it awarded 31 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Business & Management Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,608 for associate degree agricultural business students per year to attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 more about Agricultural Business & Management at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

#2

College of Western Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$6,711 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate list. College of Western Idaho is located in Nampa, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

CWI also made our “Best Agricultural Business & Management Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $6,711 for associate degree agricultural business students per year to attend College of Western Idaho.

Read full report on Agricultural Business & Management at CWI

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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