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2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 823 people earned their degree in agricultural public services, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural public services. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

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

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #3 rank 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 per year to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at North Dakota State University

#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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Crookston landed the #2 spot on the list. UMN Crookston is a small school located in Crookston, Minnesota that handed out 3 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Crookston also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $10,952 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students per year to attend UMN Crookston.

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#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Kansas State University is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 20 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend K -State is $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural public services students.

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

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at Kansas State University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for Plains States Region 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%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at UNL

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Public Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 11 bachelors’s agricultural public services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mizzou, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mizzou is $16,001 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Public Services students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at Mizzou

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

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