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2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
174 Degrees Awarded
$16,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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 in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Plains States region, there were 341 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,200 and $16,717 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 174 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 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.

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

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Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree ag mech students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 60 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $15,496 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ag mech students with aid per year to attend Iowa State University.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at Iowa State

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ag mech students with aid.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at UNL

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 in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students with aid per year to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus.

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 full report on Agricultural Mechanization at North Dakota State University

#4

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #4 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 27 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $19,252 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students with aid per year to attend South Dakota State.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 South Dakota State University

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 in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. UMN Crookston is a small school located in Crookston, Minnesota that handed out 3 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Crookston also took the #7 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $10,952 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ag mech students with aid per year to attend UMN Crookston.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at UMN Crookston

University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree ag mech students with aid list, Mizzou has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Columbia is $16,001 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at Mizzou

#7

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

Kansas State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 20 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend K -State is $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ag mech students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full K -State 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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