2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for an Associate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 29 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ag Economics Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree ag economics students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics

#1

North Iowa Area Community College

Mason City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$8,409 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, North Iowa Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. North Iowa Area Community College is a small public school situated in Mason City, Iowa. It awarded 1 associates’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

North Iowa Area Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend North Iowa Area Community College is $8,409 for associate degree ag economics students.

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#2

Lake Land College

Mattoon, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$4,468 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Land College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mattoon, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ag economics degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Lake Land College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lake Land College is $4,468 for Associate Degree Ag Economics students.

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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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