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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

1 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$14,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 New England region, there were 153 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,900 and $24,920 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 24 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural production programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 7 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMass Amherst is $14,474 for new england region associate degree agricultural production students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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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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