by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural Production is the 190th most popular major in the country with 3,066 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, agricultural production graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,367 and had an average of $16,973 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 154 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,492 and $21,951 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural production. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agricultural production program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region list. SMCC is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 8 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Maine Community College Agricultural Production Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kennebec Valley Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region. Kennebec Valley Community College is a small school located in Fairfield, Maine that handed out 2 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agricultural Production at Kennebec Valley Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vermont Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region. Randolph, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agricultural production degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region. NHTI-Concord’s Community College is a public institution located in Concord, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #5 spot on the list. JWU Providence is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 1 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Agricultural Production at JWU Providence
University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Community College of Rhode Island came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the New England Region ranking. Community College of Rhode Island is a fairly large public school situated in Warwick, Rhode Island. It awarded 0 associates’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
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