by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,150 people earned their degree in agricultural business, making the major the 301st most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 699 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 287 agricultural business graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural business. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural business in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Ozarks landed the #1 spot on the list. Hard Work U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Point Lookout, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Valley College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Valley College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Marshall, Missouri. It awarded 8 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Hays, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 73 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the #4 spot on the list. UNK is a public institution located in Kearney, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 University of Nebraska at Kearney Agricultural Business Report
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Kansas State University is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 71 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 51 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Agricultural Business Report
Graceland University - Lamoni came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Graceland Lamoni is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lamoni, Iowa. It awarded 4 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
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Doane University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Crete, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Missouri - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Dordt University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Dordt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Center, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Tabor College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Hillsboro, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2020-2021.
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