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2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $18,389 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at North Dakota State University

#3 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Crookston landed the #2 spot on the list. UMN Crookston is located in Crookston, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Crookston, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMN Crookston is $13,185 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full UMN Crookston 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota State 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State University is $20,754 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 more about Agricultural Production at South Dakota State

#4

William Woods University

Fulton, Missouri

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, William Woods University landed the #4 spot on the list. Fulton, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 7 students 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. It costs about $24,531 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend William Woods.

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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about 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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