2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,332 people earned their degree in agriculture, making the major the 188th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 210 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 Master’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree agriculture students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in California

#1

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California

#1 in overall quality

$21,009 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in California. San Luis Obispo, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo are $21,009, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Agriculture Report

#2

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Pomona, California

#2 in overall quality

$18,377 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #2 spot on the list. Cal Poly Pomona is a large school located in Pomona, California that handed out 10 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly Pomona are $18,377.

Read more about Agriculture at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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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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