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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Food Products Processing (Income $0-$30k)

5 Ranked Colleges
102 Degrees Awarded
$11,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agricultural & Food Products Processing is the 842nd most popular major in the country with 251 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 102 agricultural and food products processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural and food products processing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural and food products processing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural and food products processing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Food Products Processing (Income $0-$30k)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s agricultural processing degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural & Food Products Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $11,454 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 94%.

Read more about Agricultural & Food Products Processing at Texas A&M University - College Station

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s agricultural processing degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best Agricultural & Food Products Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,194 for bachelor’s degree agricultural processing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Agricultural & Food Products Processing at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 49 bachelors’s agricultural processing degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural & Food Products Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kansas State University is $14,232 for Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Agricultural & Food Products Processing at K -State

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s agricultural processing degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural & Food Products Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $12,216 for bachelor’s degree agricultural processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%.

Full UNL Agricultural & Food Products Processing Report

#5

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelo State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Angelo State is a fairly large school located in San Angelo, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s agricultural processing degrees in 2019-2020.

Angelo State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural & Food Products Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Angelo State is $9,799 for bachelor’s degree agricultural processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Angelo State Agricultural & Food Products Processing Report

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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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