by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 8,098 people earned their degree in agricultural economics and business, making the major the 101st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, agricultural economics and business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,304 and had an average of $18,874 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 431 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,597 and $16,923 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 268 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural economics and business. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agricultural economics and business.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Illinois”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Illinois list. Illinois College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jacksonville, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Illinois list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 227 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Greenville University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Greenville, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Illinois. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Quincy University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Quincy, Illinois, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
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