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2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

4 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$52,500 Avg Salary
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural production programs that also have a lower cost than 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 agricultural production program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k. 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. It costs about $8,680 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UMN Crookston.

Full UMN Crookston Agricultural Production Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $15,686 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend North Dakota State University.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s agricultural production 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. It costs about $19,326 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend South Dakota State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at South Dakota State

#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 $48-$75k. William Woods University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fulton, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at William Woods, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for William Woods University is $23,510 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. 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.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at William Woods University

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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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