by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
Agricultural Mechanization is the 252nd most popular major in the country with 1,280 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, ag mechanization graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,820 and had an average of $17,584 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 340 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,131 and $18,465 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 142 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ag mechanization. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in ag mechanization.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region. UMN Crookston is a public institution located in Crookston, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Minnesota - Crookston Agricultural Mechanization Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 24 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Agricultural Mechanization Report
Kansas State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at Kansas State University
University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of Missouri - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Missouri - Columbia Agricultural Mechanization Report
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