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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
363 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Economics is the 268th most popular major in the country with 2,141 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 547 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 363 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural economics 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 economics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 30 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $18,565 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Purdue.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Agricultural Economics at Purdue University - Main Campus

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 204 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UIUC is $21,998 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Economics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

Read full report on Agricultural Economics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 25 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $21,860 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Economics students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison.

The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Economics at UW - Madison

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio State is $21,364 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Economics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

Read full report on Agricultural Economics at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. SIUC is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 37 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $20,698 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree ag economics students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Read more about Agricultural Economics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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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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