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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 the Plains States region, there were 55 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural public services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural public services programs that also have a lower cost than 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 public services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The agricultural public services 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 “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Crookston landed the #1 spot on the list. Crookston, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Crookston, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMN Crookston is $10,952 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students with aid.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,584 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students with aid per year to attend North Dakota State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Agricultural Public Services Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

Mizzou also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Columbia is $16,001 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 10 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students with aid list, UNL has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

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#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

K -State also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Kansas State University is $18,285 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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