2026 Best Value Agricultural Business & Management Schools in California
[Agricultural Business & Management](/majors/agriculture-ag-operations/agricultural-economics-business/agricultural-business-and-management-other/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for agricultural business & management students.
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2026 Best Value Agricultural Business & Management Schools in California
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in agricultural business & management, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Agricultural Business & Management Schools
University Of California Davis earned the #1 spot for value among agricultural business & management schools in California. University Of California Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $15,804, compared with $47,692 for out-of-state students. Students borrow a median of $14,404 to complete the agricultural business & management program here. Early-career agricultural business & management graduates make about $53,749. That is a strong return on a $14,404 median debt. The acceptance rate is 42%.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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