2023 Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Production Operations is the 1275th most popular major in the country with 19 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural production operations. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agricultural production operations.

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Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for ag production ops students.

Top 5 Most Focused Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations

1

Ellsworth Community College
Iowa Falls, Iowa

$19,895 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,000 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ellsworth Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major list. Ellsworth is located in Iowa Falls, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s ag production ops degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Agricultural Production Operations at Ellsworth Community College

2

University of Mount Olive
Mount Olive, North Carolina

$41,660 Average Early-Career Earnings

$31,105 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mount Olive landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Mount Olive is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mount Olive, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agricultural Production Operations at University of Mount Olive

3

Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, Iowa

$43,385 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,750 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian Hills Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Indian Hills Community College is located in Ottumwa, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s ag production ops degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Agricultural Production Operations at Indian Hills Community College

4

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

$38,090 Average Early-Career Earnings

$16,621 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major list. Kirkwood Community College is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 ’s ag production ops degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Agricultural Production Operations at Kirkwood Community College

5

Mt. San Antonio College
Walnut, California

$41,883 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,145 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mt. San Antonio College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major list. Mt. SAC is a large public school situated in Walnut, California. It awarded 0 ’s ag production ops degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Mt. SAC Agricultural Production Operations Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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