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2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 New England Region” 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 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” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural production programs that also have a lower cost than 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. 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

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

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

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

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 a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 31 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMass Amherst is $22,501 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at UMass Amherst

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural production students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $20,607 for new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students per year to attend URI.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full URI Agricultural Production Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. UNH is located in Durham, New Hampshire and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

UNH also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $24,067 for new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students per year to attend UNH.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UNH Agricultural Production Report

#4

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #4 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. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine is $17,558 for new england region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at University of Maine

#5

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #5 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UCONN is $22,012 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Connecticut Agricultural Production Report

#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 ranking, coming in at #6. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

JWU Providence not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Johnson & Wales University - Providence is $26,775 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students.

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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