2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in the Rocky Mountains 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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 40 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 6 masters’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best Agricultural Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full U of I Agricultural Economics Report

#2

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ag Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 6 masters’s ag economics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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