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2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
281 Degrees Awarded
$8,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Business is the 277th most popular major in the country with 2,193 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 523 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 281 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural business. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural business programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural business program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k list, UW - Madison has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UW - Madison is $4,367 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Business at UW - Madison

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 128 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Purdue is $5,483 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Agricultural Business at Purdue University - Main Campus

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 63 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Michigan State is $6,686 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Michigan State Agricultural Business Report

#4

Wilmington College

Wilmington, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wilmington, Ohio, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k list, Wilmington College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wilmington College is $18,304 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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