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2022 Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate

4 Ranked Colleges
231 Degrees Awarded
$15,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Crop Production is the 723rd most popular major in the country with 376 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 231 crop production graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in crop production. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great crop production programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the crop production program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate

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

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Crop Production

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality
$16,458 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified associates’s crop production students in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $16,458 for associate degree crop production students per year to attend NC State.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Tifton, Georgia
#4 in overall quality
$6,933 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate. ABAC Tifton is located in Tifton, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s crop production degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our associate degree crop production students list, ABAC Tifton has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,933 for Associate Degree Crop Production students per year to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

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#3

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

Wooster, Ohio
#2 in overall quality
$17,608 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate list. Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is a public institution located in Wooster, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is $17,608 for Associate Degree Crop Production students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute Crop Production Report

#4

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality
$22,501 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s crop production degrees to qualified students.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UMass Amherst is $22,501 for Associate Degree Crop Production students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Crop Production at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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%.

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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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