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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production in the Plains States Region

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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” 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 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” ranking analyzed 4 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.

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

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

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

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 list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University is $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students.

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%.

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#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural production students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $19,252 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students per year to attend South Dakota State.

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 University

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Crookston landed the #3 spot on the list. UMN Crookston is a small school located in Crookston, Minnesota that handed out 10 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students list, UMN Crookston has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $10,952 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students per year to attend UMN Crookston.

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#4

William Woods University

Fulton, Missouri

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, William Woods University landed the #4 spot on the list. William Woods University is located in Fulton, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

William Woods also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for William Woods University is $24,593 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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