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2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

2 Ranked Colleges
42 Degrees Awarded
$8,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Agricultural Mechanization is the 580th most popular major in the country with 490 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 108 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural mechanization. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural mechanization programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agricultural mechanization program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Purdue is $5,879 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low 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%.

Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at Purdue

#2

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Wisconsin - River Falls is a medium-sized public school situated in River Falls, Wisconsin. It awarded 20 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - River Falls, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls is $10,124 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree ag mech students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Full UW - River Falls Agricultural Mechanization Report

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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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