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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture

15 Ranked Colleges
236 Degrees Awarded
$18,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 571 people earned their degree in agroecology and sustainable agriculture, making the major the 639th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 236 agroecology and sustainable agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agroecology and sustainable agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agroecology and sustainable agriculture programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree agroecology students.

Top 15 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#10 in overall quality

Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Laramie, Wyoming, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

UW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UW is $12,159 for bachelor’s degree agroecology students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at UW

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agroecology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,986 for Bachelor’s Degree Agroecology students per year to attend Purdue.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Purdue

#3

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 15 bachelors’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State University is $16,173 for Bachelor’s Degree Agroecology students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Mississippi State Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Report

#4

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Washington State University is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wazzu also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,358 for bachelor’s degree agroecology students per year to attend Wazzu.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Wazzu

#5

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 1 bachelors’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $16,458 for Bachelor’s Degree Agroecology students per year to attend NC State.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at NC State

#6

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#13 in overall quality

University of Idaho ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. U of I is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 1 bachelors’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $14,132 for bachelor’s degree agroecology students per year to attend University of Idaho.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at University of Idaho

#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#4 in overall quality

University of Kentucky came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s agroecology degrees to qualified students.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UK is $17,127 for bachelor’s degree agroecology students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at UK

#8

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 31 bachelors’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $22,501 for bachelor’s degree agroecology students per year to attend UMass Amherst.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 11 bachelors’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UNH is $24,067 for bachelor’s degree agroecology students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at UNH

#9

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#11 in overall quality

University of Rhode Island ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 5 bachelors’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

URI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for Bachelor’s Degree Agroecology students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full URI Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Report

#11

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#15 in overall quality

University of Maine landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agroecology degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #15. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $17,558 for Bachelor’s Degree Agroecology students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at UMaine

#12

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii
#14 in overall quality

University of Hawaii at Manoa came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Hawaii at Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s agroecology degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree agroecology students list, UH Manoa has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,030 for bachelor’s degree agroecology students per year to attend UH Manoa.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UH Manoa Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Report

#13

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #13, University of Connecticut did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 16 bachelors’s agroecology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UCONN is $22,012 for bachelor’s degree agroecology students.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at UCONN

#14

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, Pennsylvania
#12 in overall quality

Delaware Valley University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #14. Doylestown, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agroecology degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DelVal, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Delaware Valley University is $27,587 for Bachelor’s Degree Agroecology students.

Read full report on Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at Delaware Valley University

#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #15, University of California - Davis did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agroecology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of California - Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s agroecology degrees to qualified students.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $14,669 for Bachelor’s Degree Agroecology students per year to attend UC Davis.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture at University of California - Davis

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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

  • *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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