2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for an Associate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agroecology Schools for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture is the 639th most popular major in the country with 571 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 70 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agroecology Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agroecology and sustainable agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agroecology and sustainable agriculture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agroecology and sustainable agriculture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agroecology Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree agroecology students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$8,749 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agroecology Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeast Community College is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 associates’s agroecology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeast, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Community College is $8,749 for associate degree agroecology students.

Full Northeast Community College Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Report

#2

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Green Bay, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$10,340 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for an Associate list. NWTC is a public institution located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NWTC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NWTC is $10,340 for associate degree agroecology students.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at NWTC

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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