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2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

2 Ranked Colleges
100 Degrees Awarded
$7,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Mechanization is the 235th most popular major in the country with 1,550 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Illinois, there were 177 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 100 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ag mechanization. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ag mechanization programs and cost less that 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 ag mechanization program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois associate degree ag mech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

Lake Land College

Mattoon, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Land College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Mattoon, Illinois, and it awarded 21 associates’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.

Lake Land College also made our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $9,062 for Illinois Associate Degree Ag Mech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Lake Land College.

Full Lake Land College Agricultural Mechanization Report

#2

Rend Lake College

Ina, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rend Lake College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. Rend Lake College is a public institution located in Ina, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 26 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rend Lake College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rend Lake College is $6,568 for Illinois Associate Degree Ag Mech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Rend Lake College 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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