by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Plains States region, there were 1,984 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,890 and $15,768 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,011 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 26 colleges that offered 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Ozarks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. College of the Ozarks is a private not-for-profit institution located in Point Lookout, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Valley College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Valley College is a small school located in Marshall, Missouri that handed out 8 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Missouri State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Northwest Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Maryville, Missouri that handed out 63 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 236 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Iowa State University Agricultural Economics & Business Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota State University Agricultural Economics & Business Report
University of Minnesota - Crookston did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Crookston, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #7, Southeast Missouri State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Cape Girardeau, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
Full Southeast Missouri State University Agricultural Economics & Business Report
Southwest Minnesota State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. This medium-sized school is located in Marshall, Minnesota, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southwest Minnesota State University Agricultural Economics & Business Report
With a ranking of #9, Dordt University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Sioux Center, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural business students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read full report on Agricultural Economics & Business at Dordt
Kansas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #10. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to 104 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #11, Fort Hays State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. FHSU is a fairly large public school situated in Hays, Kansas. It awarded 73 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Agricultural Economics & Business at FHSU
University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a large population, and it awarded 101 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Agricultural Economics & Business at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Agricultural Economics & Business Report
Tabor College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Tabor College is a small school located in Hillsboro, Kansas that handed out 2 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Nebraska at Kearney did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #15. UNK is a public institution located in Kearney, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agricultural Economics & Business at UNK
University of Central Missouri came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Warrensburg, Missouri, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Agricultural Economics & Business at University of Central Missouri
Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri State is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 47 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agricultural Economics & Business at Missouri State University - Springfield
Graceland University - Lamoni came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Graceland Lamoni is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lamoni, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Graceland University - Lamoni Agricultural Economics & Business Report
Doane University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Doane University is located in Crete, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Upper Iowa University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #20. Upper Iowa University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayette, Iowa. It awarded 9 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Read full report on Agricultural Economics & Business at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Buena Vista University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Storm Lake, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Agricultural Economics & Business at BVU
Minnesota State University - Mankato came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Minnesota State University - Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Minnesota State Mankato Agricultural Economics & Business Report
Midland University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Midland University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fremont, Nebraska. It awarded 0 bachelors’s agricultural business degrees in 2020-2021.
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Mayville State University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Business Major in the Plains States Region list. Mayville State University is a public institution located in Mayville, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Mayville State University Agricultural Economics & Business Report
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