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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$20,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 2,141 people earned their degree in agricultural economics, making the major the 268th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 24 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural economics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Oregon State is a public institution located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oregon State is $20,016 for far western us region bachelor’s degree ag economics students with aid.

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 low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

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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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