2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,610 people earned their degree in agricultural production, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 690 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,800 and $10,817 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural production program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The agricultural production school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 4 masters’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UW - Madison Agricultural Production Report

#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 2 masters’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Agricultural Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at UIUC

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $0-$30k)

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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