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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production

4 Ranked Colleges
32 Degrees Awarded
$28,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agricultural production degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Agricultural Production Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at Iowa State

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree agricultural production students list, Mississippi State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Mississippi State

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Auburn Agricultural Production Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 7 doctorate’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Louisiana State University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Doctorate list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 6 doctorate’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at SIUC

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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