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2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
298 Degrees Awarded
$8,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Economics & Business is the 94th most popular major in the country with 8,504 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural economics and business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,058 and had an average of $17,639 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,390 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,850 and $15,747 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 298 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural economics and business. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural economics and business programs and 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 and business program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Fennimore, Wisconsin, this small public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

Southwest Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southwest Tech is $8,167 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Lake Land College

Mattoon, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Land College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Mattoon, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural business degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Lake Land College also made our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $2,857 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Lake Land College.

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#3

Fox Valley Technical College

Appleton, Wisconsin

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fox Valley Technical College landed the #3 spot on the list. FVTC is a fairly large school located in Appleton, Wisconsin that handed out 21 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

FVTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $8,385 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Fox Valley Technical College.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Wooster, Ohio, this small public school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified associates’s agricultural business students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is $13,854 for great lakes region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute Agricultural Economics & Business Report

#5

Rend Lake College

Ina, Illinois
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rend Lake College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Rend Lake College is a public institution located in Ina, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rend Lake College also made our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $4,905 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Rend Lake College.

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#6 in overall quality

Northcentral Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. North Central Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Wausau, Wisconsin that handed out 6 associates’s agricultural business degrees in 2019-2020.

North Central Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $8,871 for great lakes region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northcentral Technical College.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Northwestern Ohio did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lima, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s agricultural business degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

University of Northwestern Ohio also made our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $15,067 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Agricultural Business students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Northwestern Ohio.

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#8 in overall quality

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Business Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k list, NWTC has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $8,506 for great lakes region associate degree agricultural business students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend NWTC.

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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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