2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Ag Production Ops Major for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 “Most Well Attended Ag Production Ops Major for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural production operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular agricultural production operations programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Ag Production Ops Major for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Ag Production Ops Major for an Associate”.

Top 4 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production Operations

1

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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 Most Well Attended Ag Production Ops Major for an Associate. This fairly large school is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and it awarded 6 associates’s ag production ops degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Kirkwood Community College Agricultural Production Operations Report

2

Ellsworth Community College
Iowa Falls, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ellsworth Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Ag Production Ops Major for an Associate. Located in Iowa Falls, Iowa, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s ag production ops students in 2020-2021.

Full Ellsworth Agricultural Production Operations Report

2

Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indian Hills Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ag Production Ops Major for an Associate 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 more about Agricultural Production Operations at IHCC

4

Mt. San Antonio College
Walnut, California

Top 20% overall quality in United States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mt. San Antonio College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ag Production Ops Major for an Associate list. Mt. SAC is a public institution located in Walnut, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Agricultural Production Operations at Mt. SAC

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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