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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
185 Degrees Awarded
$21,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agriculture is the 188th most popular major in the country with 3,332 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 234 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 185 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agriculture 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 agriculture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Delaware State University

Dover, Delaware
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dover, Delaware, this small public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

Del State also made our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Delaware State University is $12,995 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.

Full Delaware State University Agriculture Report

#2

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, Maryland
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a public institution located in Princess Anne, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMES, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $16,980 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students per year to attend UMES.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Agriculture at UMES

#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers New Brunswick is $21,654 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Agriculture Report

#4

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree agriculture students list, UMCP has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMCP is $19,045 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 Agriculture at University of Maryland - College Park

#5

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 51 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

UD also made our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for University of Delaware is $17,220 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agriculture at UD

#6

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

Cornell University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Cornell University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 77 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $40,126 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students per year to attend Cornell.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agriculture at Cornell

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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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