2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 1,912 people earned their degree in agricultural economics, making the major the 300th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 276 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 agricultural economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,626 and $15,120 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural economics. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural economics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in Illinois

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

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics in Illinois

1

Lake Land College
Mattoon, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Land College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in Illinois list. Lake Land College is a public institution located in Mattoon, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agricultural Economics at Lake Land College

2

Joliet Junior College
Joliet, Illinois

Top 25% overall quality in Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Joliet Junior College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Economics Major in Illinois. Located in Joliet, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified associates’s ag economics students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agricultural Economics at Joliet Junior College

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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