2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Virginia” 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 Virginia, there were 76 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agriculture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia

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

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$21,198 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 13 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $21,198 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Virginia Tech Agriculture Report

#2

Virginia State University

Petersburg, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$16,970 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia State University is located in Petersburg, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

Virginia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia State is $16,970 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.

Read more about Agriculture at Virginia State

#3

Ferrum College

Ferrum, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$22,159 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferrum College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia list. Ferrum College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ferrum, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferrum College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ferrum College is $22,159 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.

Full Ferrum College Agriculture 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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