2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural Mechanization is the 580th most popular major in the country with 490 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 291 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree ag mech students.
Top 15 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization
Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.
South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $19,252 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students per year to attend South Dakota State.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #2 spot on the list. UW - River Falls is located in River Falls, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s ag mech degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - River Falls, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,748 for bachelor’s degree ag mech students per year to attend UW - River Falls.
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%.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at University of Wisconsin - River Falls
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s. North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s ag mech degrees to qualified students.
North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $16,584 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at North Dakota State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State is $15,496 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Iowa State University Agricultural Mechanization Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s. UMN Crookston is a small public school situated in Crookston, Minnesota. It awarded 3 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.
UMN Crookston also took the #12 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Crookston is $10,952 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at University of Minnesota - Crookston
Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.
SHSU also made our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students.
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University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 22 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.
UNL also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $17,208 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students per year to attend UNL.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 full report on Agricultural Mechanization at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 22 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.
Purdue also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,986 for bachelor’s degree ag mech students per year to attend Purdue University - Main Campus.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 full report on Agricultural Mechanization at Purdue University - Main Campus
Kansas State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2019-2020.
K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $18,285 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students per year to attend Kansas State University.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a large public school situated in San Luis Obispo, California. It awarded 17 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is $21,595 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Agricultural Mechanization Report
University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 31 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.
Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $16,001 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students per year to attend University of Missouri - Columbia.
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 low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
SUNY Cobleskill came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Cobleskill, New York, this small public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2019-2020.
SUNY Cobleskill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Cobleskill is $16,647 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students.
Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at SUNY Cobleskill
North Carolina State University landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
NC State also took the #11 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NC State is $16,458 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at North Carolina State University
University of Idaho did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #14. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,132 for Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students per year to attend University of Idaho.
Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at University of Idaho
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Stephen F Austin State University is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFASU, the school also landed the #15 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for bachelor’s degree ag mech students.
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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%.
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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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