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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in the New England Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
117 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region 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 a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 New England region, there were 153 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,900 and $24,920 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural production. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural production students in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for URI is $20,607 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full URI Agricultural Production Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $17,558 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students with aid per year to attend University of Maine.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 UMaine Agricultural Production Report

#3

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #3 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $22,012 for new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid per year to attend University of Connecticut.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at UCONN

#4

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $22,501 for new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid per year to attend UMass Amherst.

The low student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 29 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNH is $24,067 for new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

#6

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island
#6 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - Providence did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at JWU Providence, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence is $26,775 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students with aid.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Johnson & Wales University - Providence

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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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