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2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$22,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” 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 Massachusetts, there were 48 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,500 and $19,500 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,678 and $11,688 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural production programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid”.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#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 Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 7 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. It costs about $22,501 for Massachusetts Associate Degree Agricultural Production students with aid per year to attend UMass Amherst.

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

Read more about Agricultural Production at UMass 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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