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2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

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 Getting Aid list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 39 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at North Dakota State University

#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 #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Minnesota - Crookston is $10,952 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at University of Minnesota - Crookston

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. South Dakota State University 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.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid list, South Dakota State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State is $19,252 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Woods University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. 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.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid list, William Woods has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $24,593 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students with aid per year to attend William Woods University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.

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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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