2024 Best Agriculture Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
29Master's Degrees
Agriculture is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #295 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for agriculture students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 29 master's degrees in agriculture to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Agriculture School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of agriculture for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on agriculture students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of agriculture students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized agriculture related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for agriculture students working on their master's degree.
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 Agriculture Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Agriculture in the Plains States Region
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for agriculture students seeking a a master's degree.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Agriculture
Lincoln University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in agriculture. Located in the small city of Jefferson City, LU Missouri is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in agriculture from Lincoln University
One of 0 majors within the General Agriculture area of study, Agriculture has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).