2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 85 agricultural business and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural business and management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural business and management programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree agricultural business students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business & Management

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$13,677 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Missouri. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

UCM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,677 for bachelor’s degree agricultural business students per year to attend UCM.

Read more about Agricultural Business & Management at University of Central Missouri

#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,740 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to 47 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Business & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,740 for bachelor’s degree agricultural business students per year to attend UMN Twin Cities.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UMN Twin Cities Agricultural Business & Management Report

#3

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#2 in overall quality

$14,669 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s. University of California - Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Business & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UC Davis is $14,669 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agricultural Business & Management at UC Davis

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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