2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 845 people earned their degree in agricultural public services, making the major the 250th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,132 and had an average of $18,854 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 39 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,566 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural public services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agricultural public services.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services in the Plains States Region

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 2 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read more about Agricultural Public Services at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agricultural Public Services Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 2 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Read full report on Agricultural Public Services at Kansas State University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Public Services

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.