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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services

30 Ranked Colleges
619 Degrees Awarded
$14,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor's

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” 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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 619 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 30 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.

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 for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services

#12 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 #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Dakota State University, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University is $16,584 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

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%.

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#18 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Crookston, Minnesota, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Crookston, the school also landed the #18 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,952 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend UMN Crookston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 78 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at OSU

Out of the 30 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #4 spot on the list. Canyon, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #24 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

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#5

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

Out of the 30 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Laramie, Wyoming, this fairly large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

UW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #17 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,159 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend University of Wyoming.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#25 in overall quality

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. ABAC Tifton is a small public school situated in Tifton, Georgia. It awarded 10 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

ABAC Tifton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #25 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $6,933 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students per year to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 41 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $17,571 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech Agricultural Public Services Report

#8

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#22 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 11 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU also took the #22 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,617 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students per year to attend Sam Houston State University.

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#9

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

Kansas State University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 20 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students list, K -State has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for K -State is $18,285 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#10

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,986 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students per year to attend Purdue University - Main Campus.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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#11

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

With a ranking of #11, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 15 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,649 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend University of Georgia.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Full University of Georgia Agricultural Public Services Report

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. San Luis Obispo, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $21,595 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#11 in overall quality

University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #13. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#14

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

North Carolina State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. North Carolina State University is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 7 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students list, NC State has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $16,458 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at NC State

With a ranking of #15, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #13. It costs about $16,001 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend University of Missouri - Columbia.

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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With a ranking of #16, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UPR Mayaguez is a public institution located in Mayaguez, . The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

It costs about $10,766 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

#17

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

With a ranking of #17, University of Arkansas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students list, UARK has also earned the #15 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,381 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend UARK.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#18

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

University of Idaho did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #18. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #21 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend U of I is $14,132 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

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#19

Utah State University

Logan, Utah

Utah State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #19. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The estimated yearly cost for USU is $13,634 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

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#20

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina

University of Mount Olive came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

The estimated yearly cost for UMO is $16,437 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

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Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus ranked #21 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Portales, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

It costs about $9,516 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend ENMU - Main Campus.

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With a ranking of #22, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 59 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $17,708 for bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UW - Madison Agricultural Public Services Report

#20 in overall quality

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #23 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Louisiana State University is a large public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 8 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #20 rank in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University is $15,465 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #24. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agricultural public services students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #14. It costs about $17,616 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students per year to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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With a ranking of #25, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services 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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