2023 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Communication/Journalism in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Communication/Journalism is the 595th most popular major in the country with 462 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 33 agricultural communication/journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural communication/journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural communication/journalism 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 communication/journalism program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Communication/Journalism in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

1

Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$18,433 Average Net Price

$45,255 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. K -State is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kansas State University is $18,433 for Plains States Region Agricultural Communication/Journalism students with aid.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Communication/Journalism at Kansas State University

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$17,013 Average Net Price

$44,380 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agricultural communication/journalism degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

UNL also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Communication/Journalism Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $17,013 for plains states region agricultural communication/journalism students with aid.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Agricultural Communication/Journalism at UNL

• Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Communication/Journalism (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bob Nichols.