2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 490 people earned their degree in agricultural mechanization, making the major the 580th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 207 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural mechanization programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural mechanization program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree ag mech students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Plains States Region

#1

State Technical College of Missouri

Linn, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$12,926 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, State Technical College of Missouri landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Linn, Missouri, this small public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s ag mech students in 2019-2020.

STC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend State Technical College of Missouri is $12,926 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Ag Mech students.

Full State Technical College of Missouri Agricultural Mechanization Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization

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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