2022 Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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In 2019-2020, 251 people earned their degree in agricultural and food products processing, making the major the 842nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 107 agricultural and food products processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 agricultural and food products processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural and food products processing 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 and food products processing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Food Products Processing in the Plains States Region

#1

Garden City Community College

Garden City, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$4,795 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Garden City Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Garden City Community College is located in Garden City, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s agricultural processing degrees to qualified students.

Garden City Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural & Food Products Processing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Garden City Community College is $4,795 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Agricultural Processing students.

Read more about Agricultural & Food Products Processing at Garden City Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agricultural & Food Products Processing

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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