2021 Best Agricultural Economics & Business Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
8Colleges
784Bachelor's Degrees
$29,829Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Agricultural Economics & Business Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Agricultural Economics & Business Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in agricultural business. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural economics & business programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the agricultural economics & business program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
More Ways to Rank Agricultural Economics & Business Schools
As a non-traditional student, you have a lot to consider when it comes to choosing an education. That's why we've developed rankings specifically for you. Check out more major-related rankings here..
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
2021 Best Agricultural Economics & Business Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Agricultural Economics & Business Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Agricultural Economics & Business Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional agricultural economics & business students. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population. UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. 10,007 students are part time.
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best agricultural economics & business schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population. Purdue also made our Best Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #1.
The student loan default rate at Purdue is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,239 students take at least one class online at Purdue. About 7,612 of the students at Purdue are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Wisconsin - Madison as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population. UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at UW - Madison is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. About 4,683 of the students at UW - Madison are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Michigan State University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing. Michigan State also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. About 6,517 of the students at Michigan State are attending part time.
Wilmington College comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the distant town of Wilmington, Wilmington College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Wilmington College not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Wilmington College is lower than is typical, just 2.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 411 students at Wilmington College that take at least one class online. There are roughly 50 part time students in attendance at Wilmington College.
Ohio State University - Main Campus comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population. Ohio State also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Ohio State is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. 8,459 students are part time.
University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best agricultural economics & business schools for non-traditional students. Located in the town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public college with a medium-sized student population. UW - River Falls also made our Best Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #7.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 3,612 students take at least one class online at UW - River Falls. About 934 of the students at UW - River Falls are attending part time.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best agricultural economics & business schools for non-traditional students. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Carbondale. SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Agricultural Economics & Business in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. There are approximately 2,640 students at SIUC that take at least one class online. About 2,629 of the students at SIUC are attending part time.
Agricultural Economics & Business Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
One of 18 majors within the Agriculture & Agriculture Operations area of study, Agricultural Economics & Business has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 schools only.
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 the rest 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).