2023 Most Focused Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations in Iowa

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in Iowa” 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.

Across Iowa, there were 10 agricultural production operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major in Iowa” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural production operations. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural production operations in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major in Iowa

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

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations in Iowa

1

Ellsworth Community College
Iowa Falls, Iowa

$19,895 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,000 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Ellsworth Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Ellsworth is a small school located in Iowa Falls, Iowa that handed out 2 ’s ag production ops degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Ellsworth Agricultural Production Operations Report

2

Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, Iowa

$43,385 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,750 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major in Iowa 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 public institution located in Ottumwa, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agricultural Production Operations at Indian Hills Community College

3

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

$38,090 Average Early-Career Earnings

$16,621 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Ag Production Ops Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the #3 spot on the 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.

Full Kirkwood Community College 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

• *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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