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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in the Plains States Region

5 Ranked Colleges
146 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Plains States region, there were 195 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 146 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural economics programs and 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 Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 63 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University is $16,584 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ag economics students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full North Dakota State University Agricultural Economics Report

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $19,252 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ag economics students per year to attend South Dakota State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Economics at South Dakota State

#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. K -State is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kansas State University is $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ag economics students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full K -State Agricultural Economics Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag economics degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNL is $17,208 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ag economics students.

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 4.2% 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%.

Full UNL Agricultural Economics Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mizzou is $16,001 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Economics students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Agricultural Economics Report

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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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