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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in Iowa

7 Ranked Colleges
150 Degrees Awarded
$12,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa” ranking.

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 Iowa, there were 224 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,700 and $10,620 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 150 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,684 and $18,179 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in Iowa

#1

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa list. This fairly large school is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and it awarded 40 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Kirkwood Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” list. It costs about $10,939 for Iowa Associate Degree Agricultural Production students per year to attend Kirkwood Community College.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at Kirkwood Community College

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Iowa Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa. NICC is a small school located in Calmar, Iowa that handed out 25 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

NICC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NICC is $10,505 for iowa associate degree agricultural production students.

Read more about Agricultural Production at NICC

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, North Iowa Area Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Mason City, Iowa, and it awarded 13 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

North Iowa Area Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Iowa Area Community College is $8,409 for Iowa Associate Degree Agricultural Production students.

Read more about Agricultural Production at North Iowa Area Community College

#4

Ellsworth Community College

Iowa Falls, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ellsworth Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa list. Iowa Falls, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural production degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Ellsworth also made our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $11,198 for Iowa Associate Degree Agricultural Production students per year to attend Ellsworth Community College.

Full Ellsworth Agricultural Production Report

#5

Iowa Lakes Community College

Estherville, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa Lakes Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa. Estherville, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural production degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa Lakes Community College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Iowa Lakes Community College is $10,509 for Iowa Associate Degree Agricultural Production students.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at Iowa Lakes Community College

#6

Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, Iowa
#7 in overall quality

Hawkeye Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa ranking. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified associates’s agricultural production students in 2019-2020.

Hawkeye Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hawkeye Community College is $11,495 for Iowa Associate Degree Agricultural Production students.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Hawkeye Community College

#7

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Dordt University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa list. Dordt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Center, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dordt, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. It costs about $25,102 for iowa associate degree agricultural production students per year to attend Dordt University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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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