2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

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 in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” 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 Colorado, there were 22 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Agricultural Economics Schools

The ag economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Ag Economics Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Ag Economics Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ag Economics Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Economics in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$18,668 Average Net Price

$41,486 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s ag economics degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Schools in Colorado” list. It costs about $18,668 for Colorado Ag Economics students with aid per year to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Economics at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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• Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Economics (With Aid)

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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