2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 19 people earned their degree in agricultural production operations, making the major the 1275th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 agricultural production operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural production operations. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agricultural production operations program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations

1

Ellsworth Community College
Iowa Falls, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ellsworth Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate 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 associates’s ag production ops degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Agricultural Production Operations at Ellsworth

2

Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, Iowa

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian Hills Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Indian Hills Community College is a small school located in Ottumwa, Iowa that handed out 2 associates’s ag production ops degrees in 2020-2021.

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

3

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Kirkwood Community College is a public institution located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Agricultural Production Operations at Kirkwood Community College

4

Mt. San Antonio College
Walnut, California

Top 20% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mt. San Antonio College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major. Mt. SAC is a large public school situated in Walnut, California. It awarded 0 associates’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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