2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

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 “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Illinois, there were 294 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 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.

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

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Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree ag economics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s ag economics students in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 12 masters’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

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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