by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,370 people earned their degree in agriculture, making the major the 202nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 436 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 286 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agriculture. That schools that top this list have a program in agriculture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region list. WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 75 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Illinois State University is a large school located in Normal, Illinois that handed out 172 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Wisconsin - River Falls is a medium-sized public school situated in River Falls, Wisconsin. It awarded 8 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agriculture at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agriculture at Purdue University - Main Campus
Andrews University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Andrews University is located in Berrien Springs, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Eureka College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Eureka College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Eureka, Illinois. It awarded 0 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Agriculture Report
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