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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business in the Plains States Region

7 Ranked Colleges
288 Degrees Awarded
$10,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 698 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 288 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 7 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.

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 program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Business in the Plains States Region

#1

Lake Area Technical Institute

Watertown, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Area Technical Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. LATI is a small school located in Watertown, South Dakota that handed out 120 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

LATI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Business Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend LATI is $12,939 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students.

Read full report on Agricultural Business at Lake Area Technical Institute

#2

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. BSC is located in Bismarck, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 associates’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

BSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Business Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $9,420 for plains states region associate degree agricultural business students per year to attend BSC.

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#3

Lake Region State College

Devils Lake, North Dakota
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Region State College landed the #3 spot on the list. Devils Lake, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural business degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lake Region State College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lake Region State College is $9,564 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students.

Read more about Agricultural Business at Lake Region State College

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Community College Area. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Southeast Community College Area is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 associates’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

Southeast Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Agricultural Business Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southeast Community College is $9,059 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students.

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#5

North Dakota State College of Science

Wahpeton, North Dakota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State College of Science. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Wahpeton, North Dakota, and it awarded 27 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State College of Science also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Business Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State College of Science is $10,940 for plains states region associate degree agricultural business students.

Read more about Agricultural Business at North Dakota State College of Science

#6 in overall quality

Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Curtis, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural business degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Agricultural Business Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture is $13,108 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Full Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Agricultural Business Report

#7

Central Community College

Grand Island, Nebraska
#7 in overall quality

Central Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Grand Island, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified associates’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree agricultural business students list, Central Community College has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Agricultural Business Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $8,235 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students per year to attend Central Community College.

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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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