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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,550 people earned their degree in ag mechanization, making the major the 235th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ag mechanization graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,100 and had an average of $16,882 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 64 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $17,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ag mechanization programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ag mechanization program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income $30-$48k) in Missouri

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$11,595 Average Net Price

$47,729 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 31 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mizzou is $11,595 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at University of Missouri - Columbia

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income $30-$48k)

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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