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2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Ops Schools for a Bachelor’s

6 Ranked Colleges
142 Degrees Awarded
$15,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Ops 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 Agricultural Production Ops Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Production Operations is the 550th most popular major in the country with 900 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 142 agricultural production operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Ops Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural production operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural production operations 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 agricultural production operations program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Ops Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Ops Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Ops 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 13 bachelors’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State University is $19,252 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production Ops students.

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 more about Agricultural Production Operations at South Dakota State

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Ops Schools for a Bachelor’s list. USU is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for USU is $13,634 for bachelor’s degree agricultural production ops students.

Read full report on Agricultural Production Operations at Utah State University

#3

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Ops Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Richmond, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 37 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural production ops students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern is $14,149 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production Ops students.

Read more about Agricultural Production Operations at Eastern Kentucky University

#4

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Ops Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

Wazzu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Wazzu is $16,358 for bachelor’s degree agricultural production ops students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Washington State University Agricultural Production Operations Report

#5

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mount Olive. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Ops Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Mount Olive is a small school located in Mount Olive, North Carolina that handed out 8 bachelors’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree agricultural production ops students list, UMO has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Mount Olive is $16,437 for bachelor’s degree agricultural production ops students.

Full University of Mount Olive Agricultural Production Operations Report

#6 in overall quality

Stephen F Austin State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Production Ops Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s agricultural production ops degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production Ops students.

Full Stephen F Austin State University Agricultural Production Operations 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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