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2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Production is the 177th most popular major in the country with 3,610 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural production graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,100 and had an average of $16,942 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 528 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,167 and $12,486 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural production programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Minnesota - Crookston is a small public school situated in Crookston, Minnesota. It awarded 10 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Crookston also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMN Crookston is $5,832 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at UMN Crookston

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $11,524 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Agricultural Production Report

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State is $15,285 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 Agricultural Production at South Dakota State University

#4

William Woods University

Fulton, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Woods University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. William Woods is located in Fulton, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

William Woods also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for William Woods University is $21,691 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at William Woods

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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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