2022 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Public Services Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Public Services is the 251st most popular major in the country with 823 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,100 and had an average of $18,733 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 23 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural public services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural public services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois agricultural public services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$8,464 Average Net Price

$49,122 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 23 ’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is $8,464 for Illinois Agricultural Public Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Public Services (Income $30-$48k)

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

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