by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,066 people earned their degree in agricultural production, making the major the 190th most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 443 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,097 and $13,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 86 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural production. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural production in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The agricultural production school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Plains States Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Plains States Region. University of Minnesota - Crookston is a small public school situated in Crookston, Minnesota. It awarded 8 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 46 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Agricultural Production Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Woods University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Plains States Region list. William Woods is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fulton, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agricultural Production at William Woods
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 20 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota State University Agricultural Production Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maharishi International University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Plains States Region list. Fairfield, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Missouri State University - Springfield ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 4 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agricultural Production at Missouri State University - Springfield
Dordt University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Production Major in the Plains States Region list. Dordt is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Center, Iowa. It awarded 8 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read full report on Agricultural Production at Dordt University
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