2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking.

Agricultural Production Operations is the 1192nd most popular major in the country with 24 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 17 agricultural production operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 agricultural production operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural production operations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural production operations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural production operations 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 Production Ops Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations in the Plains States Region

#1

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,939 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kirkwood Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified associates’s ag production ops students in 2019-2020.

Kirkwood Community College also made our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Kirkwood Community College is $10,939 for plains states region associate degree ag production ops students.

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#2

Ellsworth Community College

Iowa Falls, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$11,198 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ellsworth Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ag Production Ops Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Ellsworth is a public institution located in Iowa Falls, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ellsworth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Production Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ellsworth is $11,198 for plains states region associate degree ag production ops students.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations

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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