2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in Maryland

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Doctorate in Maryland” 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.

Across Maryland, there were 38 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 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.

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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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 for a Doctorate in Maryland”.

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Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree ag economics students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s ag economics degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best Agricultural Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Agricultural Economics at University of Maryland - College Park

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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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